To create the TechCred Program and the Individual Microcredential Assistance Program, to develop a grant program to support industry sector partnerships, and to make an appropriation.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/13/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 4/14/20. Reappropriation authority effective 1/13/20

1/7/2020 - Sent to Governor for Signature

12/12/2019 - Consideration of Conference Committee Report; House Accepts Conference Committee Report, Vote 85-2

12/12/2019 - Consideration of Conference Committee Report

12/11/2019 - Consideration of Conference Committee Report; Senate Accepts Conference Committee Report, Vote 31-0

12/11/2019 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, , (First Hearing)

12/4/2019 - Senate Appoints Managers; M. Dolan, M. Huffman & V. Sykes Named as Senate Conferees

12/4/2019 - House Appoints Managers; S. Oelslager, J. Cross & L. Sobecki Named as House Conferees

11/19/2019 - Consideration of Senate Amendments; House Does Not Concur, Vote 0-92

11/13/2019 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 31-0, Bill Amended on Floor

11/13/2019 - Bills for Third Consideration

11/5/2019 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, Senate Finance, (Fourth Hearing)

10/8/2019 - Senate Finance, (Third Hearing)

10/1/2019 - Senate Finance, (Second Hearing)

9/17/2019 - Senate Finance, (First Hearing)

7/17/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

6/12/2019 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 92-3, Bill Amended on Floor

6/12/2019 - Bills for Third Consideration

6/11/2019 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Finance, (Second Hearing)

6/6/2019 - House Finance, (First Hearing)

6/5/2019 - Re-Referred to Committee

6/5/2019 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Economic and Workforce Development, (Fourth Hearing)

5/29/2019 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Economic and Workforce Development, (Third Hearing)

5/22/2019 - House Economic and Workforce Development, (Second Hearing)

5/15/2019 - House Economic and Workforce Development, (First Hearing)

5/14/2019 - Referred to Committee House Economic and Workforce Development

5/13/2019 - Introduced

Regarding the Governor's Office of Workforce Transformation and industry-recognized credentials and certificate programs.

  ALL BILL STATUS

1/14/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 4/14/20

1/7/2020 - Sent to Governor for Signature

12/11/2019 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 31-0

12/11/2019 - Bills for Third Consideration

12/11/2019 - REPORTED OUT, Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce, (Fourth Hearing)

11/20/2019 - Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce, (Third Hearing)

10/9/2019 - Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce, (Second Hearing)

9/17/2019 - Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce, (First Hearing)

7/17/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate Transportation, Commerce and Workforce

6/6/2019 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Vote 89-0

6/6/2019 - Bills for Third Consideration

6/5/2019 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Economic and Workforce Development, (Third Hearing)

5/29/2019 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Economic and Workforce Development, (Second Hearing)

5/22/2019 - House Economic and Workforce Development, (First Hearing)

5/21/2019 - Referred to Committee House Economic and Workforce Development

5/16/2019 - Introduced

To eliminate the Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program and Pilot Project Scholarship Program and to create the Opportunity Scholarship Program.

  ALL BILL STATUS

3/19/2019 - House Primary and Secondary Education, (First Hearing)

3/12/2019 - Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education

3/5/2019 - Introduced

To prohibit the creation of new academic distress commissions.

  ALL BILL STATUS

4/9/2019 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED, House Primary and Secondary Education, (Second Hearing)

3/19/2019 - House Primary and Secondary Education, (First Hearing)

3/12/2019 - Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education

3/7/2019 - Introduced

to establish the
STEM Degree Loan Repayment Program, to authorize a refundable tax credit
for employers who make payments on student loans obtained by a graduate to
earn a STEM degree, and to make an appropriation.

  ALL BILL STATUS

2/21/2020 - Introduced

With regard to career-technical education and the compensation of joint vocational school districts located in enterprise zones, with regard to student degree completion at state institutions of higher education, to make changes regarding STEM school report cards, to revise the eligibility of the Educational Choice Scholarship program, to repeal, on September 1, 2021, a law regarding transfers of school district territory located within a township split between two or more school districts, and to permit career centers to receive a STEM or STEAM school equivalent designation.

  ALL BILL STATUS

11/27/2020 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

11/19/2020 - Consideration of Conference Committee Report; House Accepts Conference Committee Report, Vote 53-36

11/19/2020 - Consideration of Conference Committee Report

11/18/2020 - Consideration of Conference Committee Report; Vote 23-8

11/18/2020 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, , (First Hearing)

11/17/2020 - , (First Hearing)

9/21/2020 - House Appoints Managers; D. Jones, G. Scherer & P. Robinson Named as House Conferees

8/27/2020 - Senate Appoints Managers; B. Peterson, M. Huffman & T. Fedor Named as Senate Conferees

2/12/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments; Emergency Clause 7-24, Senate Does Not Concur

2/12/2020 - Consideration of House Amendments

2/5/2020 - PASSED BY HOUSE; Amended on Floor, Bill Vote 88-7, Emergency Clause 92-3

2/5/2020 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, House Primary and Secondary Education, (Fifth Hearing)

2/5/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

2/4/2020 - House Primary and Secondary Education, (Fifth Hearing)

1/30/2020 - House Primary and Secondary Education, (Fifth Hearing)

1/29/2020 - Bills for Third Consideration

1/28/2020 - House Primary and Secondary Education, (Fifth Hearing)

1/23/2020 - House Primary and Secondary Education, (Third Hearing)

1/21/2020 - House Primary and Secondary Education, (Second Hearing)

12/10/2019 - House Primary and Secondary Education, (First Hearing)

10/29/2019 - Referred to Committee House Primary and Secondary Education

10/23/2019 - PASSED BY SENATE; Vote 31-0

10/23/2019 - Bills for Third Consideration

10/15/2019 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED & REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED, Senate Education, (Fourth Hearing)

5/7/2019 - Senate Education, (Third Hearing)

4/2/2019 - Senate Education, (Second Hearing)

3/19/2019 - Senate Education, (First Hearing)

3/12/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate Education

3/6/2019 - Introduced

To establish the Workforce Scholarship Program, to terminate the provisions of the Scholarship Program on December 31, 2023, to authorize tax credits for graduates of the Scholarship Program and their employers, and to make an appropriation.

  ALL BILL STATUS

10/8/2019 - Senate Finance, (Second Hearing)

4/24/2019 - Senate Finance, (First Hearing)

3/21/2019 - Referred to Committee Senate Finance

3/13/2019 - Introduced