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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 409

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Relating to: grants for feasibility studies of school district consolidation or whole grade sharing and making an appropriation. (FE)

Public instruction department of Public lands board of commissioners of School — Board School — Building School — Consolidation or reorganization

  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 of up

to $10,000 each to consortia of school districts to be used for a professional financial

analysis of how school district consolidation or entering into a whole grade sharing

agreement would affect the school districts.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Feyen (R) , Olsen (R)

9 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Oct 17, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Sep 16, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Olsen, Bernier and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Allen, Duchow, Macco, Krug, Kulp, Spiros, Tusler and Dittrich

  2. Sep 16, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Oct 1, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 3, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 17, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 17, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  7. Oct 17, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1