The House Education Committee met and considered the following
bills this morning.
HB516 (Bulova) would permit high school students to fulfill
a certain high school graduation course credit requirement by completing a dual
enrollment course in lieu of the currently required Advanced Placement,
International Baccalaureate, or honors course or Board of Education-approved
career and technical education credential.
The substitute was reported 19-0
HB753 (Rasoul) would requires the Board of Education, no
later than November 1, 2020, to include social-emotional learning and
development in the Standards of Learning and requires each local school board
to ensure that all curricula and instruction aligns with such Standards of
Learning effective starting with the 2021-2022 school year. The amended bill was recommended for reported
and rereferred to Appropriations 17-5.
HB958 (Ayala) would require the Secretary of Education to
establish a 21-member College and Career Readiness Steering Committee to (i)
develop and oversee implementation of a strategic plan for ensuring that all
students in the Commonwealth, and particularly subgroups of students who have
been historically underserved, graduate from high school (a) meeting the
requirements for an advanced studies diploma, (b) having had the opportunity to
participate and succeed in pathways that integrate rigorous academic
instruction aligned with the Standards of Learning, including career and
technical education, work-based learning, wraparound services, and
opportunities to earn credit for postsecondary education while enrolled in high
school, and (c) having had a high school experience that is aligned with
expectations for postsecondary education and employer demand and (ii) provide
certain recommendations, guidance, leadership, goals, and assistance relating
to the implementation of such strategic plan.
The bill was continued to 2021.
