| Bills |
Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 97 - Purkey - Diploma, advanced technical; Board of Education to establish requirements therefor. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/22/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; AWAITING SENATE ACTION
Clarifies that student who qualifies for advanced and advanced technical diplomas may choose to receive either one |
| HB 137 - Peace - Textbook purchases; permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/22/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; AWAITING SENATE ACTION
Language defines textbook as "print or electronic media for student use that serves as the primary curriculum basis for a grade-level subject or course." |
| HB 214 - Cole - Public entities; rights of persons with disabilities. |
(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
(S) Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services | (S) Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) | 02/22/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; REPORTED FROM SENATE COMMITTEE
Adds schools to the list of public places in which persons with disabilities are entitled to the same full and free rights as other persons and declares schools "public accommodations."
NOTE: Bill brought in response to denial to allow companion animal to accompany student with IEP.
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| HB 242 - O'Bannon - Standards of Learning; physical education requirements. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Assigned Education sub: Public Education | 02/19/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; ON SENATE SUB DOCKET 2/26/08
Program labeled as goal not requirement; school division to report to Dept of Ed that such program in place and part of wellness policy
SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE: "13. A program of physical fitness available to all students with a goal of at least 150 minutes per week on average during the regular school year. Such program may include any combination of (i) physical education classes, (ii) extracurricular athletics, or (iii) other programs and physical activities deemed appropriate by the local school board. Each local school board shall incorporate into its local wellness policy a goal for the implementation of such program during the regular school year."
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| HB 246 - O'Bannon - Nutrition and physical activity best practices database; Board of Education to develop. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB246ER) | 02/19/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE
Department of Education to develop and maintain database; information to be available to school divisions; however, school divisions not required to submit information |
| HB 259 - Fralin - Students; transferring out of local school division. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/22/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; AWAITING SENATE ACTION
Substitute Language: "When a student transfers from a school division, such school division to the extent practicable, shall obtain written documentation [ from the school to which the student has transferred of such transfer ] , in order to make an informed status classification of such student in an information management system prescribed by the Board of Education." |
| HB 395 - Cole - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; established, report. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Finance | (S) Rereferred to Finance | 02/21/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Establishes a compact to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents. (The compact becomes effective when 10 states enact the compact into law.)
NOTE: Language is relatively prescriptive and could have fiscal impact. |
| HB 567 - Crockett-Stark - Sexual offenses; those convicted prohibited entry onto school property. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (S) Assigned Courts sub: Criminal | 02/14/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; SENATE COURTS COMMITTEE
Extends prohibition beyond school hours.
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| HB 695 - Armstrong - Retirement System; loss of retirement benefits for certain felony convictions. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations
(S) Committee on Finance | (S) Referred to Committee on Finance | 02/11/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; SENATE FINANCE
Member of Virginia Retirement System forfeits retirement benefits if convicted of a felony that arises out of misconduct in any position covered under VRS retirement program.
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| HB 770 - Tata - Public schools; establishes technology as major classification of school funds. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB770ER) | 02/21/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE
Request of Board of Education (currently technology funding distributed over several categories) |
| HB 771 - Tata - Schools, joint and regional; may request waiver from any new regulation requirements. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB771ER) | 02/19/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE
Provides that any joint or regional school, may set the school calendar to comport with the calendar of any of the participating school divisions.
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| HB 809 - Ward - Teachers; provisional and local eligibility licenses if military personnel. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB809ER) | 02/19/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE
Board of Education may extend a three-year provisional license an additional year for each school year or portion thereof for which a teacher is activated or deployed for military service. |
| HB 1131 - Fralin - Children's Ombudsman, Office of; created, report. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations
(S) Committee on General Laws and Technology | (S) Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/22/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; AWAITING SENATE ACTION
SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE: Act will not go into effect unless funding included in 2008 Appropriations Act |
| HB 1135 - Fralin - Public schools; student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Assigned Education sub: Public Education | 02/19/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; ON SENATE SUB DOCKET 2/26/08
Bill amended to remove language re: "limited public forums" (more troublesome part of bill)
Note: Ramifications of adding expanded language re: voluntary expression will be questioned |
| HB 1160 - Saxman - School bus drivers; removes exclusion from existing provision that prohibits employment of children. |
(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor
(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor | (S) Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor | 01/24/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; SENATE COMMITTEE
Clarifies that persons under age 18 are not permitted to drive school buses. |
| HB 1164 - Saxman - Income tax, corporate; public/private education investment tax credit. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations
(S) Committee on Finance | (S) Referred to Committee on Finance | 02/13/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE BY NARROW MARGIN; IN SENATE FINANCE
TUITION TAX CREDIT: Creates income tax credits for business entities and individual taxpayers who make contributions to eligible public school foundations and eligible scholarship foundations (BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE).
NOTE: State tax credits for private school entities. |
| HB 1183 - Lingamfelter - Home instruction of children; requirements. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/22/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; AMENDED IN SENATE ED COMMITTEE
Expanded options for homeschooling parents options to provide evidence of progress; AMENDMENT deleted portfolio as option |
| HB 1218 - Bowling - School buses; prohibits use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons operating. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation | (S) Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) | 02/21/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; AWAITING SENATE ACTION
AMENDMENT: "No person shall use any wireless telecommunications device, whether handheld or otherwise, while driving a school bus, except in case of an emergency, or when the vehicle is lawfully parked and for the purposes of dispatching. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of two-way radio devices authorized by the owner of the school bus."
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| HB 1242 - Bell - School employees; prohibits employment if subject of a founded case of child abuse and neglect. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/22/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; AWAITING SENATE ACTION
AMENDMENT: "... if the applicant has resided in another state within the last five years, the school board shall ... obtain information from each relevant state as to whether the applicant was the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse and neglect in such state." |
| HB 1245 - Hugo - Driver's license; certain restrictions for first-time applicants failing behind wheel three times. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation | (S) Referred to Committee on Transportation | 02/13/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; SENATE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENT: No person who fails the behind-the-wheel examination for a driver's license ... three times shall be permitted to take such examination a fourth time until he successfully completes private course or ... a comparable course approved ... by the Department of Education. |
| HB 1439 - Frederick - School employees; school board to develop policies to address complaints of sexual abuse thereby. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (S) Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | 02/13/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE; IN SENATE COURTS COMMITTEE
AMENDMENT: "...when licensed personnel are dismissed or resign due to a conviction of any felony; any offense involving the sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse or rape of a child; any offense involving drugs; or due to having become the subject of a founded case of child abuse and neglect the local school board shall notify the Board of Education within 10 business days of such dismissal or the acceptance of such resignation." |
| SB 48 - Whipple - School teachers; school boards to ensure that all are provided planning time. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations
(S) Committee on Finance | (H) Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education (Tata) | 02/19/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED SENATE; IN HOUSE ED SUBCOMMITTEE
AMENDMENT: Removes reference to secondary teachers; applicable to elementary teachers only; would take effect only if funds included in Appropriations Act
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| SB 114 - McDougle - Sex offenders; application of prohibitions & school proximity prohibition to out-of-state violators. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (H) Assigned Courts sub: Criminal | 02/14/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE; HOUSE COURTS COMMITTEE
AMENDMENT: 6. Any offense for which registration in a sex offender and crimes against minors registry is required under the laws of the jurisdiction where the offender was convicted. |
| SB 124 - Edwards - Public schools; Superintendent to develop guidelines eliminating trans fatty foods served. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) Referred to Committee on Education | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE; HOUSE ED SUBCOMMITTEE
Requires development of guidelines with the goal of eliminating foods containing trans fatty acids (based on FDA standards) from public schools.
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| SB 136 - Stuart - School buses; prohibits use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons driving. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation | (S) House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0- N) | 02/20/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED BOTH SENATE AND HOUSE
AMENDMENT: No person shall use any wireless telecommunications device, whether handheld or otherwise, while driving a school bus, except in case of an emergency, or when the vehicle is lawfully parked and for the purposes of dispatching. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of two-way radio devices authorized by the owner of the school bus.
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| SB 241 - Lucas - School employees; school board to develop policies to address complaints of sexual abuse thereby. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (S) House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/22/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED BOTH SENATE AND HOUSE
AMENDED LANGUAGE: Each local school board shall develop policies and procedures to address complaints of sexual abuse of a student by a teacher or other school board employee. The Board of Education shall revoke the license of any person for whom it has received a notice of dismissal or resignation pursuant to subsection F or § 22.1-313 and after all rights to an appeal provided by § 63.2-1526 have been exhausted.
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| SB 326 - Wagner - Career and technical education; industry certification and State licensure. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB326ER) | 02/21/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE
AMENDED LANGUAGE: The Board (of Education) shall also develop a plan for increasing the number of students receiving industry certification and state licensure as part of their career and technical education. The plan shall include an annual goal for school divisions. |
| SB 356 - Watkins - Textbook purchases; permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) Referred to Committee on Education | 02/12/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE (same as HB 137); HOUSE ED COMMITTEE |
| SB 376 - Stuart - School divisions, local; required to publish budget on website. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/22/08 |
| notes:
REPORTED |
| SB 490 - Hanger - No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to make recommendation regard to participation therein. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Finance | (S) House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N) | 02/22/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE; PASSED HOUSE WITH SUBSTITUTE WHICH WAS REJECTED BY SENATE
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE TO WORK ON NEW LANGUAGE
SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE: Provides that unless NCLB Act allows VA's existing accountability system to meet requirments of federal law, Board of Education shall make recommendation to General Asssembly re: continued implementation of NCLB.
REJECTED LANGUAGE: To provide that actions be taken to withdraw from NCLB (language rejected by Senate) |
| SB 636 - Cuccinelli - Higher educational institutions; requesting complete student record from high school. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) Referred to Committee on Education | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE; HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE:Each public and private institution of higher education may require that any student accepted to and who has committed to attend, or is attending, such institution provide, to the extent available, from the originating school a complete student record, including any mental health records held by the school. |
| SB 640 - Ticer - Family life education; adds mental health education & awareness to list of topics to be covered. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (94-Y 0-N) | 02/22/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED BOTH SENATE AND HOUSE
FLE:Adds mental health education and awareness to the list of topics to be covered in family life education curricula.
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| SB 655 - Newman - Contractors; employees having direct contact with students on school property. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) Assigned Courts sub: Criminal | 02/15/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE; HOUSE COURTS SUBCOMMITTEE
Clarifies that employees having direct student contact must not have been convicted of felony "barrier crime"
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| SB 721 - Barker - Foods in public schools; Board & Department of Health update regulations for nutrition. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) Referred to Committee on Education | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED SENATE; HOUSE ED COMMITTEE
Requires Board of Education regulations to be adopted pursuant to the Governor's Nutrition and Physical Activity Scorecard guidelines as the statewide standard for competitive foods.
NOTE: Currently these guidelines are aspirational for those schools participating in the Governor's recognition program.
VASSP will continue to raise questions re: mandating guidelines that were conceived as goals. With beverages removed, bill essentially seeks to regulate snacks in vending machines.
AMENDED LANGUAGE: Removes beverages from list of foods to be regulated (noted industry's pro-active and voluntary actions to reduce and ultimately remove soft drinks from school vending machines) |