Bills › 88th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill provides that if an existing private educational institution or an existing vocational institution offers a career and technical education program within the area in which a community college is located, and the private or vocational institution has facilities and curriculum of adequate size and quality which would duplicate the functions of the community college, the community college shall not duplicate the program offered by a private educational institution or vocational institution unless it is clearly shown that the program offered by the private or vocational institution is not meeting the educational needs of the area.
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The bill eliminates language requiring that the board of directors of the community college discuss with the private or vocational institution the possibility of entering into contracts to offer facilities and curriculum to community college students, directing the board to consider such a proposal offered by another institution, authorizing the board to enter into such contracts, and requiring the board to submit its reasons for not entering into such a contract and submit an economic impact statement. Also eliminated is language requiring the director of the department of education to ascertain that all courses and programs are needed and that the curriculum offered by a community college does not duplicate programs provided by existing public or private facilities in the area, and specifying what the director must consider in making such an assessment.
House subcommittee
Named February 13, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.
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