Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to nonpublic schools, including authorizing nonpublic schools to withdraw applications for accreditation, authorizing accredited nonpublic schools to terminate accreditation, and including applicability provisions
Topics:K–12 education
Same legislation: HF 606
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 22, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 23, 2023
- Done: House committeeMarch 1, 2023
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 606
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 606 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 606 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Private schools can now choose to stop being accredited by sending a written notice to the director of the department of education. Once the school sends this notice, the state will stop all monitoring and enforcement activities for that school. This rule applies to any private school that is currently applying for accreditation or is already accredited.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to nonpublic schools, including authorizing nonpublic schools to withdraw applications for accreditation and authorizing accredited nonpublic schools to terminate accreditation. The bill authorizes a nonpublic school to withdraw its application for accreditation submitted to the director of the department of education, or terminate its accreditation, at any time by providing written notice to the director. The bill requires the department to cease all accreditation, monitoring, and enforcement process activities related to the nonpublic school upon receipt of the written notice. The bill applies to all applications for accreditation that nonpublic schools submitted to the director before, on, or after the effective date of the bill. The bill also applies to all nonpublic schools accredited by the department before, on, or after the effective date of the bill.
House subcommittee
Named February 23, 2023. On March 1, 2023 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
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