Introduced
by
To allow some of the funding currently appropriated for professional development and education programs for teachers go instead to a “principal leadership academy,” which the Department of Education would be required to establish. The academy would train principals in “strategies for increasing parental involvement, strategies for engaging community support and involvement, creative problem-solving, financial decision-making, management rights and techniques, and other strategies for improving school leadership to achieve better pupil performance”.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one recommended by the committee which reported it. The substitute incorporates technical changes resulting from committee testimony and deliberation. These changes do not affect the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 79 to 26 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To allow some of the funding currently appropriated for professional development and education programs for teachers go instead to a “principal leadership academy,” which the Department of Education would be required to establish. The academy would train principals in “strategies for increasing parental involvement, strategies for engaging community support and involvement, creative problem-solving, financial decision-making, management rights and techniques, and other strategies for improving school leadership to achieve better pupil performance”.
