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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 138

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Relating to: issuing a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation or a general educational development certificate. (FE)

Public instruction department of School — Curriculum School — Evaluation and testing State superintendent of public instruction

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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

Under current law, the state superintendent of public instruction issues high

school equivalency diplomas and general education development certificates to

eligible individuals. Current law allows the state superintendent to charge a fee for

an HSED or a GED. This bill requires that, upon determining an applicant is eligible

and has paid any required fee, the state superintendent immediately issue an HSED

or GED to the applicant by posting the HSED or GED, in a manner that maintains

confidentiality, to the Department of Public Instruction's website.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Bodden (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Schmidt (R) , Schutt (R) , Tittl (R)

7 cosponsors

Gustafson (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Rozar (R) , Stroebel (R) , Testin (R) , Tomczyk (R)

Full history

  1. Mar 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Penterman, Schutt, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Schmidt and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Nass, Testin, Marklein, Stroebel and Tomczyk

  2. Mar 31, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Apr 3, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Rozar added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jul 20, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  7. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1