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2006 SESSION

House Education

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Tata (Chairman), Hamilton, Landes, Reid, Rapp, Lingamfelter, Rust, Carrico, Frederick, Fralin, Cole, Crockett-Stark, Gilbert, Lohr, Shuler, Alexander, Ward, Ebbin, Ware, O., Shannon, McClellan, Tyler

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• HB 19 Standards of Quality; calculation of high school graduation rates.
• HB 20 Scholastic records; electronic storage thereof.
• HB 36 Higher educational institutions; violations of chapter on regulation thereof, penalty.
• HB 38 Vocational schools, out-of-state; accreditation of those operating within State.
• HB 49 Scholars Program; provisions relating thereto.
• HB 50 Work-Study Program; provisions relating thereto.
• HB 51 School buses; requiring safety belts.
• HB 57 Community College System; articulation agreements and transferable credits.
• HB 58 Computers; school resource officers to provide Internet safety instruction to students.
• HB 84 School buses; requiring safety belts.
• HB 95 Student, new; certain information required upon registration to public school.
• HB 100 Driver education programs, private; certain acceptable.
• HB 107 Drug-free school zones; signage to be posted by all schools and institutions of higher education.
• HB 137 Standards of Learning; Board of Education to release assessments periodically.
• HB 154 Campus police; local law-enforcement agency to be notified of certain reports.
• HB 163 Family life education; parent or guardian to review materials thereof.
• HB 164 Family life education; emphasis of abstinence in curricula.
• HB 191 Inmates; functional literate to participate in literacy program.
• HB 215 Comparative religion; Board of Education to authorize elective course in grades 9 through 12.
• HB 216 Standards of Learning assessments; student required to attend summer school for remediation program.
• HB 223 College Partnership Laboratory Schools; created.
• HB 240 Tuition; no charges for children of relocated military personnel.
• HB 262 Higher educational institutions; prohibiting admission of illegal aliens.
• HB 272 Higher education; pilot program for geographical equity in admissions to institutions.
• HB 273 Teachers; increase in salaries for those in critical shortage areas.
• HB 274 School administrators; licensure not required by Board of Education.
• HB 275 Teacher internship program; Board of Education to implement for training under experienced teachers.
• HB 276 Standards of Quality; adjustments for English as second language and special education programs.
• HB 305 Learning Technology, Office of; created within Council of Higher Education.
• HB 310 Higher Education, Council of; eligibility to be elected chairman of student advisory committee.
• HB 330 Credit card affinity agreement; annual reporting of revenue from institutions of higher education.
• HB 338 Public school students; annual body mass index assessments required.
• HB 346 Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act; includes campus security.
• HB 347 General Educational Development Program; allowance of participation therein.
• HB 348 Test security procedures; Board of Educ. to review violations of regulations by local school board.
• HB 349 School calendars; reduction of state aid when length of school term below what is required.
• HB 361 Virginia Military Institute; reduces minimum number of cadets admitted annually free of charge.
• HB 377 School boards; Board of Education to replace members thereof for neglect of duty.
• HB 384 Military school age persons; those in geographical boundaries of schools not to be charged tuition.
• HB 391 T.C. Williams High School;opening of 2006 school year.
• HB 392 No Child Left Behind Testing; all costs incurred by localities to be paid by State.
• HB 434 Employee personnel records; files to be produced in digital or paper format.
• HB 466 School board; increase of salaries for members in City of Hopewell and Hanover County.
• HB 472 Teaching Scholarship Loan Program; those teaching special education in private schools eligible.
• HB 480 Scholars Program; created.
• HB 481 School boards; required to allocate certain percentage of budget to instructional spending, report.
• HB 482 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for certain military personnel and dependents.
• HB 492 Textbooks; provide each student a copy that may be used at home.
• HB 493 High school baccalaureate ceremonies; develop guidelines complying with constitutional restriction.
• HB 504 Community College System; directs State Board to est. policies providing for reduced tuition rates.
• HB 507 Criminal history records check; school volunteers costs shall be paid by school division or State.
• HB 517 New College Institute; created.
• HB 537 Home schooling; strengthens requirements for parents providing.
• HB 582 Standards of Quality; changes current pupil-teacher ratio in grades K-3.
• HB 584 Education; Computation of composite index.
• HB 591 High school graduation rates; Bd. of Education to collect, analyze, etc. using standardized formula.
• HB 593 English as a Second language Grant Program; created.
• HB 682 Student Financial Security Program; created.
• HB 695 In-state tuition; dependents of active duty military personnel shall be eligible to receive.
• HB 702 Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; changes of titles from executive director to president.
• HB 734 Community College Transfer Grant Program Fund; created.
• HB 780 Education; expenditures and reports on instructional spending.
• HB 783 School board; referendum in Page County on question of whether should be elected biennially.
• HB 808 Teacher staffing ratios; to maintain use teachers may teach courses outside endorsement area.
• HB 813 Standards of Learning assessments; Board of Education may enact special provisions relating thereto.
• HB 815 Standards of Quality; modify current funding formula and calculation of composit index.
• HB 838 Transfer of private school credits to public schools; Board of Education to promulgate regulations.
• HB 892 Higher education institutions; prohibiting admission of illegal aliens.
• HB 905 Literary Fund; raises the maximum limit for any loan thereof.
• HB 910 Higher educational institutions; programs to promote awareness of sex crimes upon students.
• HB 935 State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; creates nonstock corp. to support academic research.
• HB 966 Student records; parental consent to release such information to military recruiters.
• HB 968 Correctional Education, Bd. of; changes membership to provide appointments of teachers.
• HB 971 T.C. Williams High School; City of Alexandria School Bd. to set school calendar prior to Labor Day.
• HB 1002 School Board; salary procedure for members of Arlington County Board.
• HB 1050 Tuition, in-state; alien students eligibility.
• HB 1053 Museum of Fine Arts; exempts museum from assessment and levy of service charge.
• HB 1057 Teacher licensure requirements; revising current statutes and teacher ed. program provisions.
• HB 1058 Standards of Quality; biennial reveiw thereof.
• HB 1059 Standards of Learning; Board of Education shall make assessments publicly available.
• HB 1084 Standards of Quality; average teacher salary to be competitive nationally.
• HB 1102 Community College Transfer Grant program.
• HB 1107 Higher educational institutions; articulation agreements.
• HB 1109 Background checks; school boards must require for public school contract employees.
• HB 1135 Tuition, in-state; educational benefits for illegal aliens military personnel and their dependants.
• HB 1136 Community College Transfer Grant Program Fund; created.
• HB 1137 Richard Bland College; closure.
• HB 1138 Drug use in public schools; instruction on dangers of methamphetamine and OxyContin use.
• HB 1158 Sick leave; local school boards to adopt policies for up to 12 weeks of leave without pay.
• HB 1222 Tuition liability; person who knowingly makes a false statement concerning residency of a child.
• HB 1229 Expulsion of students; amends the procedure thereof for readmission to school.
• HB 1242 Surveys and questionnaires; certain requirements for public school students.
• HB 1244 Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Grant Program Fund; created.
• HB 1247 Institution of Higher Education; to est. admissions policies to prohibit geographic discrimination.
• HB 1270 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for certain military personnel and dependents.
• HB 1272 Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; created, report.
• HB 1279 Notification to school principals; required by local law enforcement when students charged.
• HB 1293 Early Graduation Incentive Grant Program; created.
• HB 1308 School boards; authority to block use of school facilities by certain groups.
• HB 1340 Home instruction; requires persons providing home instruction to hold a high school diploma.
• HB 1342 College Savings Plan; deferment for military service.
• HB 1393 Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Grant Program Fund; created.
• HB 1408 Transportation services; provide to nonpublic school students for fee.
• HB 1427 No Child Left Behind; Bd. of Education to develop plan to identify initiatives funded thereby.
• HB 1428 No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education encouraged to request waivers and exemptions.
• HB 1442 Standard diploma; requirements to include one concentration in career and technical education.
• HB 1450 Recess, daily; local school boards to prohibit denial thereof to student for disciplinary reasons.
• HB 1459 Higher educational institutions; tuition lock certificate program.
• HB 1478 Textbook sales at public institutions of higher education.
• HB 1482 Missing children; school board to receive report from local law-enforcement.
• HB 1483 Home instruction; requirements.
• HB 1516 Possession of certain weapons; expulsion for possession thereof on school property.
• HB 1582 Local government & school divisions; cooperative transportation agreements between.
• HB 1588 Declaration of policy; requirement for home instruction of children.
• HB 1590 Teachers; salary should equal or surpass national average for those in public schools.
• HB 1593 Childhood obesity; prevention and reduction in public schools.
• HB 1596 Higher Educational Institutions; admission of in-state students.
• SB 33 General Educational Development program; allows participation by court order.
• SB 34 Standards of Learning assessments; release thereof.
• SB 39 Test security procedures; Board of Educ. to review violations of regulations by local school board.
• SB 40 Higher Education; New College Institute created.
• SB 54 Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; modifies membership of board of trustees.
• SB 61 Standards of Quality; support services staff ratios.
• SB 62 Comparative religion; Board of Education to authorize elective course in grades 9 through 12.
• SB 66 School calendars; reduction of state aid when length of school term below what is required.
• SB 67 Standards of Learning assessments; student required to attend summer school for remediation program.
• SB 71 Standards of Quality; Biennial review; change to even-numbered years and technical amendment.
• SB 74 Teacher licensure requirements; revising current statutes & teacher education program provisions.
• SB 75 School crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plan; required.
• SB 94 Student Financial Security Program; created.
• SB 97 SOL assessments; fire drills, etc. prohibited in schools during periods of mandatory testing.
• SB 121 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for certain military personnel and dependents.
• SB 172 Learning Technology, Office of; created within Council of Higher Education.
• SB 203 Public School Authority; implement a pass-through of refunding savings to a locality.
• SB 204 Character education; opportuities for voluntary participation in community service activities.
• SB 263 Triennial census or statistical survey; school divisions option of choosing.
• SB 324 Teachers; salary should be competitive rate relative to member states in So. Regional Ed. Board.
• SB 342 School board; referendum in Page County on question of whether should be elected biennially.
• SB 366 T.C. Williams High School; opening 2006 school year.
• SB 410 No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education develop plan to identify initiatives funded thereby.
• SB 443 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program and Fund; increases educational oppotunity.
• SB 486 Virginia Military Institute; reduces minimum number of cadets admitted annually free.
• SB 499 Home instruction; requires persons providing home instruction to hold a high school diploma.
• SB 502 School board; members to appoint a tiebreaker in case of a tie vote.
• SB 538 Higher educational articulation agreements; requires agreements between four-yr. & community col.
• SB 542 In-state tuition; limitation on eligibility.
• SB 544 Neighborhood Assistance Act; Schools for Students with Disabilities Fund, created.
• SB 656 Student, new; certain information required upon registration to public school.
• SB 672 Compulsory school attendance; truancy and chronic tardiness.
• SB 677 In-state tuition rates; prohibited for certain individuals.
• SB 683 High school diploma; Board of Education to establish requirements thereof for students with LEP.
• SB 687 Teacher education programs; Board of Education shall not condition full approval.
• SB 715 School boards; extends length of temporary loan.