| Bills |
Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 60 - Frederick - School divisions, local; requires 65% of each education dollar to be spent in classroom, report. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Left in Education | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: LEFT on TABLE (fails for lack of committee action)
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| HB 97 - Purkey - Diploma, advanced technical; Board of Education to establish requirements therefor. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Assigned Education sub: Public Education | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
Clarifies that student who qualifies for advanced and advanced technical diplomas may choose to receive either one |
| HB 107 - Cole - Public schools; grade placement test. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Left in Education | 02/12/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: LEFT on TABLE |
| 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) Referred to Committee on Education and Health | 01/29/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
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 150 - Fralin - School boards, local; safety hotline established. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Left in Education | 02/12/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: WITHDRAWN |
| HB 209 - Cole - Standards of Quality; school board to employ school resource officer. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Left in Education | 02/12/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: FAILED (fiscal impact) |
| HB 214 - Cole - Public entities; rights of persons with disabilities. |
(H) Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health | 01/16/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
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.
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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) Referred to Committee on Education and Health | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
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 | (S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health | 01/18/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
Department of Education to develop and maintain database; information to be available to school divisions; however, school divisions not required to submit information |
| HB 255 - Fralin - School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Left in Education | 02/12/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: FAILED |
| HB 259 - Fralin - Students; transferring out of local school division. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Assigned Education sub: Public Education | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
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 273 - Miller, P.J. - Interscholastic activities; exclusive use of wood baseball bats. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Continued to 2009 in Education | 01/23/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: CARRIED OVER |
| HB 291 - Englin - School bus stop locations; school boards to develop written plans prescribing procedure therefor. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Left in Education | 02/12/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: TABLED |
| HB 355 - Cole - General Education Development testing program; lowers age requirement. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Left in Education | 02/12/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: LEFT in House Education Committee |
| HB 375 - Carrico - School students, nonpublic; participation in interscholastic sports. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Passed by indefinitely in Education | 01/30/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: FAILED |
| HB 379 - Marshall, D.W. - Public schools; permitted fees and charges. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Continued to 2009 in Education | 02/06/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: CARRIED OVER |
| HB 417 - Marshall, R.G. - Public schools; certain information required on birth certificates for entrance. |
(H) Committee on Rules | (H) Left in Rules | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: LEFT in Rules Committee
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| HB 438 - Miller, J.H. - Learner's permits; issuance to minors when school records show they have unexcused absences. |
(H) Committee on Transportation | (H) Continued to 2009 in Transportation | 02/07/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: CARRIED OVER (successful lobbying effort by VASSP to prevent passage of bill)
Bill to require notice to DMV from school re: unexcused absences in order for student to receive learner's permit.
VASSP joined by DMV, VSBA and local school divisions in opposing this bill. |
| HB 567 - Crockett-Stark - Sexual offenses; those convicted prohibited entry onto school property. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Communicated to Senate | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
Extends prohibition beyond school hours.
|
| HB 570 - Crockett-Stark - Nurses, licensed; local school boards to employ. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Left in Appropriations | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: TABLED
(1/750 students) |
| HB 613 - Poisson - Teachers; must be licensed to teach in public schools. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Left in Education | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: FAILED
opposition led by VASSP; would remove the licensure requirements for division superintendents, principals, and assistant principals)
|
| 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
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.
|
| HB 722 - Scott, E.T. - School boards; policies for classroom placement of twins or higher order multiples. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Left in Education | 02/12/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: TABLED |
| HB 770 - Tata - Public schools; establishes educational technology as major classification of school funds. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health | 01/23/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
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 | (S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health | 01/29/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
Provides that any joint or regional school, may set the school calendar to comport with the calendar of any of the participating school divisions.
|
| HB 792 - Englin - Parental leave for school involvement; employers to permit employees annual leave. |
(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor | (H) Left in Commerce and Labor | 02/12/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: LEFT in committee |
| HB 808 - Englin - Special education services; parental consent. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Continued to 2009 in Education | 01/23/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: CARRIED OVER
Parental consent to reevaluate a child receiving special education
|
| HB 809 - Ward - Teachers; provisional and local eligibility licenses if military personnel. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Referred to Committee on Education and Health | 01/23/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
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 852 - Ebbin - Governmental employees; repeals provisions that prohibit bargaining with labor union. |
(H) Committee on Rules | (H) VOTE: --- ENGROSSMENT REFUSED (0-Y 82-N) | 01/24/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: FAILED (Collective bargaining) |
| HB 878 - Loupassi - School divisions, local; requires 65% of each education dollar to be spent in classroom, report. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Continued to 2009 in Appropriations | 02/06/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: CARRIED OVER(65% Rule) |
| HB 884 - Toscano - School buses; prohibits idling of engines of those diesel-powered on school premises. |
(H) Committee on Transportation | (H) Tabled in Transportation | 02/07/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: TABLED |
| HB 980 - Nutter - Career coaches; Board for Community Colleges to establish guidelines for in public high schools. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Stricken from docket by Education | 01/16/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: STRICKEN |
| HB 1094 - Sickles - Standards of Quality; online instructional programs. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Left in Education | 02/12/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: LEFT IN COMMITTEE |
| HB 1131 - Fralin - Children's Ombudsman, Office of; created, report. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Communicated to Senate | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
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) Referred to Committee on Education and Health | 02/11/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
Bill amended to remove language re: "limited public forums" |
| 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
Clarifies that persons under age 18 are not permitted to drive school buses. |
| HB 1216 - Tyler - Planning time for school teachers. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Left in Appropriations | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: FAILED (fiscal impact)
|
| HB 1218 - Bowling - School buses; prohibits use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons operating. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation | (S) Referred to Committee on Transportation | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED 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."
|
| HB 1234 - Vanderhye - Standards of Learning; growth model for student academic achievement. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Continued to 2009 in Education | 01/30/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: CARRIED OVER |
| 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) Referred to Committee on Education and Health | 02/11/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
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 1244 - Hugo - Driver training schools & instructors; changes terminology required to pass DMV instruction course. |
(H) Committee on Transportation | (H) Left in Transportation | 02/12/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: LEFT in committee |
| HB 1245 - Hugo - Driver's license; certain restrictions for first-time applicants failing behind wheel three times. |
(H) Committee on Transportation | (H) Communicated to Senate | 02/12/08 |
| HB 1263 - Hall - Truancy and school dropout prevention; school boards must implement programs & services to include. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Continued to 2009 in Education | 01/30/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: CARRIED OVER |
| HB 1272 - Spruill - School boards; financial literacy education. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Passed by indefinitely in Education | 01/16/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: FAILED |
| HB 1439 - Frederick - School employees; requires notification to Superintendent, etc. of certain convicted individuals. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice | (H) Communicated to Senate | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED HOUSE
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." |
| HB 1440 - Hull - Public school students; school board to provide program for kidney disease screening. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Tabled in Education | 02/06/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: TABLED |
| HB 1481 - Ware, O. - Contractors on school property; may request waiver from disqualification of providing services. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice | (H) VOTE: --- DEFEATED (30-Y 65-N) | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: FAILED TO PASS IN HOUSE
Waiver for contractor or employee if convicted of non-violent barrier crime five years prior to waiver request (and not on sex offender registry)
|
| HB 1538 - Pogge - Public schools; abortion services prohibited. |
(H) Committee on Education | (H) Continued to 2009 in Education | 02/06/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: CARRIED OVER |
| HB 1540 - Hugo - Driver training schools; regulation by Department of Motor Vehicles. |
(H) Committee on Transportation | (H) Stricken from docket by Transportation | 02/05/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: STRICKEN |
| SB 48 - Whipple - School teachers; school boards to ensure that all are provided planning time. |
(S) Committee on Finance | (S) Communicated to House | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED SENATE
AMENDMENT: Removes reference to secondary teachers; applicable to elementary teachers only; would take effect only if funds included in Appropriations Act
|
| 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) Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE
Offenses requiring registration: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
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop guidelines with the goal of eliminating foods containing trans fatty acids (based on FDA standards) from public schools.
|
| SB 136 - Stuart - School buses; prohibits use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons driving. |
(H) Committee on Transportation
(S) Committee on Transportation | (H) Referred to Committee on Transportation | 02/11/08 |
notes:
UPDATE: PASSED SENATE
Prohibits use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons driving school buses, except in emergencies. (Note: Will seek amendment added to HB 1218 to allow use of two-way communication devices.)
|
| SB 155 - McEachin - Family life education; instruction on use of Food & Drug Administration contraception methods. |
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Read third time and defeated by Senate (17-Y 22-N) | 02/06/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: FAILED |
| SB 241 - Lucas - School employees; requires notification to Superintendent, etc. of certain convicted individuals. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee for Courts of Justice | (H) Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE
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.
|
| SB 326 - Wagner - Career and technical education; industry certification and State licensure. |
(H) Committee on Education
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (H) Referred to Committee on Education | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE
Requires the Board of Education to develop a plan for increasing the number of students receiving industry certification licensure CTE - to 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) |
| SB 490 - Hanger - No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to make recommendation regard to participation therein. |
(S) Committee on Finance | (S) Communicated to House | 02/08/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE
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. |
| SB 537 - Barker - School boards, local; required to develop policies for changing students grades. |
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (5-Y 10-N) | 02/07/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:FAILED
Bill to mandate school board policy regarding changing a student's grade.
VASSP OPPOSED throughout subcommittee and committee process and led opposition to bill, which was also opposed by VSBA, VEA, VASS. |
| 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
SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE: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.
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| 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) Referred to Committee on Education | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE
FLE:Adds mental health education and awareness to the list of topics to be covered in family life education curricula.
|
| 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) Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE
Clarifies that employees having direct student contact must not have been convicted of felony "barrier crime"
|
| SB 695 - Ruff - Retirement System; benefits for local school superintendents. |
(H) Committee on Appropriations
(S) Committee on Finance | (H) Referred to Committee on Appropriations | 02/12/08 |
notes:
UPDATE:PASSED SENATE
Retired member of VRS may return to work as a local school division superintendent and maintain monthly retirement payment; repeals sunset dates relating to allowing retired persons to work as teachers, administrative personnel, and school division superintendents while receiving their VRS retirement pay.
|
| 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
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. 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.
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) |
| SB 732 - Smith - Class 1 misdemeanors; local law-enforcement shall report to school superintendent, etc. |
(S) Committee on Education and Health | (S) Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) | 02/07/08 |
| notes:
UPDATE: FAILED |