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2018 House Bill 5907: Require schools notify student of college credit testing opportunities
Public Act 619 of 2018
Introduced by Rep. Ben Frederick R-Owosso on May 1, 2018
To require public schools to notify students in eighth grade and above each year about opportunities to take examinations that let them earn college credits. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Workforce and Talent Development Committee on May 1, 2018
Reported in the House on May 22, 2018
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Received in the Senate on June 5, 2018
Referred to the Senate Education Committee on June 5, 2018
Reported in the Senate on October 2, 2018
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-4) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered in the Senate on December 21, 2018
To revise details related to number of annual class hours of a cyber-school.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on December 21, 2018
To require public schools to notify students in eighth grade and above each year about opportunities to take examinations that let them earn college credits. The bill also revises details related to enrollment in certain Detroit high schools, cyber-school contracts and more.
Received in the House on December 21, 2018
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on December 28, 2018