STUDENTS: Requires BESE to establish a uniform process to determine when a student is nonenrolled due to incarceration or unknown whereabouts in order to exclude the student from public school accountability calculations. (8/1/26)
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Introduced
Passed Senate
3Passed House
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5Became Law
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History
2026
May 7Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.Latest
May 6Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
May 5Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#551). Result: pass.Upper
Apr 27Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
Apr 22Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.Minor
Apr 1Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education.Minor
Mar 31Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Introduced