Glossary: Legislative Terms & Definitions
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- 16, 31 & 1
- The minimum required: 16 votes in the Senate + 31 votes in the House + 1 Governor's signature to enact a Bill into a Law.
- ADE
- Definition forthcoming...
- ALIS
- (pronounced “Alice”) = Arizona Legislative. 0ne of the best legislative websites on the internet. Look up any Legislator. Follow any Bill. With a single physical visit to either the House or Senate (to register at an electronic kiosk), you can sign-in on any Bill and present your views to the Committee hearing that bill.
- Hearing
- A formal public meeting of a legislative Committee.
- Legislation
- Laws created by Legislature while in session; Referendum from legislature voted by the public or Initiative created and voted by the public COW (pronounced “cow”) = Committee of the Whole. When/Where the Senate/House get together to debate & vote on each bill. In order to pass out of that legislative body, a bill must pass, first in COW and then on a formal Floor Vote of the Body.
- Public policy process
- Detailed definition
- Senate Bill 1512
- Subject to legislative appropriation, the department of education COORDINATE develop and support a statewide integrated instructional data system to act as a RESOURCE for e-learning INFORMATION and to act as a data Driven Portal to enhance INFORMATION about and communication between all public schools in this state. " The system shall make efforts to integrate all existing data applications and, as provided by law, allow for coordinated sharing of information to and from the department and to and from the local educational agencies and shall include the following elements and characteristics:
1. A unique statewide student identifier.
2. Student-level enrollment, demographic and program participation information.
3. The ability to match individual students' state assessment records from year to year to measure academic growth.
4. Student-level graduation and dropout data.
5. An element that allows public viewing of information at the aggregate level. "
Senate Bill 1512 -- http://azelearning.info/home/mod/resource/view.php?id=15
Senate Bill 1512 Info -- http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=sb1512&image.x=37&image.y=7
