2025 bills / H.B. 42
H.B. 42 English Learner Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill lets local school districts and charter schools apply for emergency state money when their number of students learning English reaches a set threshold. The State Board of Education would run the application process and distribute the funds, and the bill sets rules for how districts may spend that money.
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Official description
- defines a term
- provides a local education agency (LEA) with emergency funding if enrollment of students learning English meets or exceeds a threshold
- requires the state board to oversee an application process and distribute emergency funds
- instructs an LEA on the use of emergency funds
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to change the bill · 1/28/2025 2:47 PMWho voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to approve it · 1/28/2025 2:47 PMWho voted how
- 71 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · 2/6/2025 2:38 PMWho voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Education Committee: vote to approve it · 2/13/2025 9:04 AMWho voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/19/2025 2:51 PMWho voted how
- 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal Senate vote · 3/4/2025 7:44 PMWho voted how