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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 661

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Relating to: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics grants for rural school districts, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Administrative rules Public instruction, department of Rural planning School — Curriculum School — Discipline and student rights

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to award grants to rural

school districts for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and expanding

educational programming related to science, technology, engineering, and

mathematics. Under the bill, a rural school district is defined as a school district with

a membership of not more than 1,000 pupils and a population density of less than

12 pupils per square mile of the school district's area. A condition for receiving one

of these grants is that the recipient must secure or provide matching funds equal to

at least 10 percent of the grant amount. Finally, the bill establishes a minimum grant

amount of $3,000 and a maximum annual grant amount of $20,000.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Moulton (R) , Tiffany (R)

25 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Czaja (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Horlacher (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Nerison (R) , Novak (R) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , Ripp (R) , Spiros (R) , Swearingen (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tauchen (R) , Tranel (R) , VanderMeer (R)

Full history

  1. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Tiffany and Moulton; cosponsored by Representatives Tranel, Quinn, E. Brooks, Novak, Nerison, Swearingen, Bernier, Petryk, Edming, Krug, Macco, Kitchens, T. Larson, Horlacher, Mursau, Spiros, Murtha, Murphy, Kulp, VanderMeer, Tauchen, A. Ott, Ballweg, Czaja and Ripp

  2. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Feb 10, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1