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Senate Committee on Education and Health Subcommittee Public Education

Blevins (Chairman), Howell, Ruff, Locke, Miller, J.C.

Clerk: Jocelyn R. Lance
Staff: Jessica Eades, Brenda Edwards
Date of Meeting: February 25, 2008
Time and Place: Monday, 1/2 hr. after Senate adjourns, G.A.B.

H.B. 242 Standards of Learning; physical education requirements.

Patron: O'Bannon

Standards of Learning; physical fitness program.  Requires local school boards to provide a physical fitness program with a goal of 150 minutes per week for all students.

H.B. 354 Textbook purchases; Board of Education shall publish list of approved textbooks, publisher, etc.

Patron: Cole

Textbook purchasing contracts. Permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers for the purchase of textbooks. The bill expands the definition of textbook to include print and electronic media.  The bill reorganizes the textbook purchasing process and repeals several sections of outdated code. Also provides that if consumable materials are sold to students, the local school board must provide those materials at a reduced price, or free of charge, to students who are unable to afford them.  Also, provides that any contract entered into by a local school board with a publisher of textbooks must include the listing of any private school within the school division that requests in writing to be a co-party to the contract and agrees to the terms of the contract.

H.B. 1135 Public schools; student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint.

Patron: Fralin

Expression of religious viewpoints in the public schools.  Provides that a student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject must be not be discriminated against by local school divisions.