Del. Bell's discipline bills, HB1534 and HB1536 were
conformed to Senator Stanley's SB885 and SB997, as those bills came out of the
Senate, which you can read about here.
The Committee reported both bills on a 12-3 vote.
HB1552 (Bulova) will require each school board to post its
website a notice to high school students and parents of the opportunities
available to obtain a nationally recognized career readiness certification at
al local public high school, comprehensive community college or workforce
center. The bill was reported on a 15-0 vote.
HB1578 (R.B. Bell) will require the Virginia High School
League to allow home schooled students to participate in interscholastic sports
and programs. The bill was reported on a 9-6 vote.
HB1770 (Freitas) would allow a school board or
superintendent to waive certain requirements for licensure in the area of
career and technical education. The bill was reported on a 15-0 vote.
HB1924 (Bagby) directs the Board of Education to establish
guidelines for alternatives to short-term and long-term suspension for
consideration by local school boards. The bill was reported on a 13-2 vote.
HB1983 (Greason) the bill would have made local school
boards responsible for setting the school calendar and determining the opening
day of the school year and eliminates the post-Labor Day opening requirement
and "good cause" scenarios for which the Board of Education may grant
waivers of this requirement. The bill was passed by indefinitely on a 9-6 vote.
HB2007 (R.B. Bell) requires each school board to permit any
student who receives home instruction and resides in the local school division
to apply for enrollment as a part-time student of the local school division in
any dual enrollment course offered pursuant to an agreement for postsecondary
degree attainment at a public high school in the local school division or at
the comprehensive community college. The bill specifies that no such student
shall be required to pay more in tuition or fees than the tuition or fees paid
by public school students to enroll in such course. The bill was reported and
referred to Senate Finance on a 8-7 vote.
HB2014 (Keam) would
change the BOE's biennial review of the SOQ from even-numbered years to
odd-numbered years. This was recommended
by the BOE to align with the budget cycle. The bill was reported on a 15-0
vote.
HB2140 (LeMunyon) directs VDOE to develop a pilot program
to administer an exit questionnaire for teachers who leave the profession. The
bill was reported on a 15-0 vote.
HB2141 (LeMunyon) requires BOE to report on the need to
retain or maintain the frequency of reports that local school divisions are
required to submit. The bill was reported on a 15-0 vote.
HB2257 (Filler-Corn) was amended to permit, but not
require, high school family life education curriculum incorporate
age-appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based programs on the law and
meaning of consent. The bill reported on a 13-2 vote.
HB2282 (Leftwich)
was amended to require BOE to develop guidelines for training school
counselors, school nurses, and other relevant school staff on the prevention of
trafficking of children.The bill was reported 15-0.
HB2290 (Ward) will require that driver's education include
instruction concerning traffic stops, including law-enforcement procedures for
traffic stops, appropriate actions to be taken by drivers during traffic stops,
and appropriate interactions with law-enforcement officers who initiate traffic
stops. The bill was reported with
amendments 15-0.
HB2332 (Tyler) states that it is a goal of the
Commonwealth for teacher salaries to be competitive with the national average
teacher salary. The bill was reported 15-0.
HB2355 (Pogge) would require school boards to (i) make
Advanced Placement (AP), Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying
Test (PSAT/NMSQT), and PreACT examinations available to students receiving home
instruction, (ii) adopt written policies that specify the date by which such
students shall register to participate in such examinations, and (iii) notify
such students and their parents of such registration deadline and the
availability of financial assistance to low-income and needy students to take
such examinations. The bill was reported 15-0.
HB2431 (Bulova) permits a school board to have a retail
fee-based electric vehicle charging stations on school property. The charging station must be limited to school
board employees, students, and authorized visitors. The bill was reported 14-1.
HB2432 (Bulova) requires BOE to make changes to its
regulations regarding license revocation.
The bill will require that a superintendent investigate all complaints
"immediately," that the school board hold a hearing on a petition for
revocation within 90 days, and that the school board provide a copy of its
investigative file to the Superintendent of Public Instruction before the
hearing is held. The bill reported 15-0.
