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Status: In House committee. <br /> SB146 <br /> Summary: Raises the age of juvenile jurisdiction to include sixteen-and seventeen-year-olds, except in the <br /> case of certain felonies. Implements School-Justice Partnerships statewide to reduce school-based referrals <br /> to the juvenile court system. <br /> Status: In Senate committee. <br /> SB147 <br /> Summary: Reenacts the Sales and Use Tax Holiday for school supplies. <br /> Status: In Senate committee. <br /> SB149 <br /> Summary: Modifies the calculation of School Performance Grades and directs the Department of Public <br /> Instruction to study potential factors to include in the calculation of grades. <br /> Status: In Senate committee. <br /> SB159 <br /> Summary: Permits students who attend a public school, private school, or home school without an <br /> interscholastic athletics program in a given sport or particular extracurricular activity to participate in that <br /> activity in a public high school. Permits public high school students without access to a particular sport or <br /> extracurricular to participate in that sport/activity at the closest public high school offering the sport/activity. <br /> Status: In Senate committee. <br /> SB254 <br /> Summary: An Act to Permit Students Who Attend a Public School or Home School Without an Interscholastic <br /> Athletics Program in a Given Sport or a Particular Extracurricular Activity to Participate in that Activity at a <br /> Public High School.The bills would also require that public high school students without access to a particular <br /> sport or extracurricular be allowed to participate in that sport/activity at the closest public high school that <br /> offers it. <br /> Status: In Senate committee. <br /> SB166 <br /> Summary: Provides counties greater flexibility to use local option sales tax revenues for education, per <br /> referendum. <br /> Status: In Senate committee. <br /> SB169 <br /> Summary: Expands Teaching Excellence Bonuses for certain teachers who would have received a bonus. <br /> Status: Passed Senate; In House committee. <br /> SB184 <br /> Summary: Provides additional methods for proving that a stopped vehicle passed by another motor vehicle <br /> is a "school bus." Requires local school districts to provide instruction in school bus safety to students and <br /> directs the Department of Public Instruction to study how the safety of children boarding and exiting school <br /> buses may be increased. <br /> Status: In Senate committee. <br /> SB234 <br /> 9 <br />