HB 167 (Miyares) – This bill would require the Board of Education to establish criteria for
awarding a diploma seal for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) for the Board of Education-approved diplomas. Under current law, such
diploma seal is limited in scope to technology and advanced mathematics. The
subcommittee recommended reporting the bill (5-0).
HB 329 (Yancey) – This
bill would require the Board of Education, in establishing high school
graduation requirements, to permit students to exceed a full course load in
order to participate in courses offered by an institution of higher education
that lead to a degree, certificate, or credential at such institution. The
subcommittee recommended reporting the bill (5-0).
HB 443 (Carroll Foy) – This
bill would require the Board of Education, in establishing high school
graduation requirements, to (i) provide for the substitution of computer coding
course credit for any foreign language course credit required to graduate with
a standard or advanced diploma for children with disabilities and (ii) permit
any English language learner who previously earned a sufficient score on an
Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate foreign language examination
to substitute computer coding course credit for any foreign language course
credit required to graduate, except in cases in which such foreign language
course credit is required to earn an advanced diploma offered by a nationally
recognized provider of college-level courses. Amendment strikes line 125-127.
The subcommittee recommended reporting the bill (5-0).
HB 632 (Bulova) – This
bill would require the Board of Education (Board) to (i) establish content
standards and curriculum guidelines for courses in career investigation; (ii)
develop, in consultation with certain stakeholders, resource materials that are
designed to ensure that students have the ability to further explore interest
in career and technical education opportunities in middle and high school; and
(iii) disseminate such career investigation resource materials to each school
board. The bill directs each school board to require each middle school student
to take at least one course or alternative program of instruction in career
investigation.The subcommittee recommended reporting the bill (5-0).
HB 803 (O'Quinn) – This
bill would extend eligibility to participate in programs of preparation and
instruction to take a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board
of Education to individuals who are at least 16 years of age. Under current
law, such programs are available only to adults who did not complete high school,
students who have been granted permission by their division superintendent, and
those who have been ordered by a court to participate in the program. The subcommittee
recommended reporting the bill (4-0).
HB 829 (Bagby) – This bill would clarify that each parent of a school-age child in the
Commonwealth is required to cause his child to attend school. Current law
requires each such parent to send his child to school. The subcommittee
recommended reporting the bill (5-0).
HB 1044 (Torian) – This bill
would require each school board to adopt policies to (i) prohibit abusive work
environments in the school division, (ii) provide for the appropriate discipline
of any school board employee who contributes to an abusive work environment,
and (iii) prohibit retaliation or reprisal against a school board employee who
alleges an abusive work environment or assists in the investigation of an
allegation of an abusive work environment. The bill would define an abusive
work environment as one in which a school board employee engages in conduct in
the workplace that a reasonable person would find hostile and that is severe
enough to cause physical harm or psychological harm to another school board
employee. VSBA spoke in opposition to this bill. The subcommittee amended the
bill to remove lines 16-37. The subcommittee recommended reporting the bill as
amended (5-0).
H.B. 1370 (Pogge) – This bill would clarify that a parent who provides home instruction through
a program of study or curriculum is required to provide his child with such
program of study or curriculum to satisfy the requirements for the home
instruction of such child. The subcommittee recommended reporting the bill (5-0).
HB 1530 (Davis) – This
bill would provide that, except in the case of high school students who are
eligible for the Applied Studies diploma, each high school student who has met
the requirements for graduation prescribed by the Board of Education and the
local school board shall be awarded a diploma of achievement or a diploma of
achievement with a foreign language endorsement. Under current law and Board of
Education regulations, each high school student who has met the requirements
for graduation is required to be awarded a standard diploma or an advanced
studies diploma. The subcommittee recommended reporting the bill (5-0).
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