| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 2/19/2003 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie |
| 2/19/2003 | House | First Reading |
| 2/19/2003 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/19/2003 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner |
| 2/19/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles |
| 2/21/2003 | House | Assigned to Elementary and Secondary Education Committee |
| 2/27/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough |
| 2/27/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson |
| 2/27/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Forby |
| 2/27/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado |
| 2/28/2003 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary and Secondary Education Committee; 014-000-000 |
| 2/28/2003 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate |
| 2/28/2003 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin |
| 2/28/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan |
| 2/28/2003 | House | Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Marlow H. Colvin |
| 3/5/2003 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/5/2003 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/5/2003 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 3/18/2003 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza |
| 3/18/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman |
| 3/18/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham |
| 3/18/2003 | House | Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Susana Mendoza |
| 3/18/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto |
| 3/18/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson |
| 3/18/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steve Davis |
| 3/18/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons |
| 3/18/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner |
| 3/18/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider |
| 3/18/2003 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 |
| 3/18/2003 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 3/18/2003 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 19, 2003 |
| 3/20/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson |
| 3/20/2003 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps |
| 3/20/2003 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Miguel del Valle |
| 3/21/2003 | Senate | First Reading |
| 3/21/2003 | Senate | Referred to Rules |
| 4/2/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks |
| 4/3/2003 | Senate | Assigned to Education |
| 4/16/2003 | Senate | Do Pass Education; 008-003-000 |
| 4/16/2003 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003 |
| 4/28/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 5/1/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz |
| 5/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 5/6/2003 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/6/2003 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003 |
| 5/7/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon |
| 5/9/2003 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 049-005-000 |
| 5/9/2003 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/19/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick Welch |
| 5/20/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 5/20/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter |
| 6/6/2003 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/29/2003 | House | Governor Approved |
| 7/29/2003 | House | Effective Date July 29, 2003 |
| 7/29/2003 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0396 |