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2009 SESSION
House Education
MEMBERSHIP
Tata (Chairman), Hamilton, Landes, Lingamfelter, Rust, Fralin, Cole, Gilbert, Athey, Pogge, Massie, Loupassi, Gear, Shuler, Alexander, Ebbin, Ware, O., Shannon, McClellan, Tyler, Bulova, Morrissey
MEETS
Monday, 9:00 a.m., House Room C and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., 9th Floor Appropriations Room
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- HB 1599 Grants; modifies eligibility for certain individuals at two-year educational institution.
- HB 1602 School divisions, local; must employ one teacher who has board certification as behavior analyst.
- HB 1603 Schools, middle and secondary; requires local school boards to establish uniform grading policy.
- HB 1606 Grant program; modifies eligibility for certain individuals at a two-year higher ed. institution.
- HB 1608 Higher educational institutions; automatic acceptance of certain students applying for admission.
- HB 1624 Code of student conduct; bullying, harassment, etc., for Bd. of Ed. to include in model policy.
- HB 1638 College Scholarship Assistance Program; out-of-state student surcharge to be collected.
- HB 1663 Higher Education, Council of; shall appoint certain students to advisory committee.
- HB 1664 Higher Education, Council of; eliminates requirement to develop crisis & emergency management plan.
- HB 1665 Higher Education, Council of; eliminates requirement to develop strategic statewide plan.
- HB 1679 Child abuse and neglect data; school board applicants.
- HB 1696 Higher education; increase of admission of in-state students at public institutions.
- HB 1700 Statewide uniform grading policy; Board of Education to establish.
- HB 1725 Visitors, board of; College of William & Mary, VCU, & VPI&SU boards authorized to invest funds, etc.
- HB 1727 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; created, report.
- HB 1746 Family life education; adds benefits, etc., of marriage for men, etc., to list of topics covered.
- HB 1750 Campus police; report of certain incidents to State Police.
- HB 1767 Honorary diplomas; requires Board of Education award to certain veterans of Vietnam War.
- HB 1789 Family life education; instruction on all topics must be both medically accurate & age appropriate.
- HB 1794 Suspension; sufficient cause necessary to suspend student cannot rest solely on instance of truancy.
- HB 1800 School divisions, local; requires 65% of each education dollar to be spent in classroom, report.
- HB 1810 Course credit; students called to active military duty may receive full credit.
- HB 1825 Accreditation status; requires Board to publish annually for each school by August 1.
- HB 1834 University of Virginia; repeals requirement that board of visitors submit annual report of progress.
- HB 1836 Pesticides; schools shall permit immediate application thereof to eradicate pest infestations.
- HB 1844 Charter school, public; applicant of governing body, etc. to disclose interests during charter term.
- HB 1893 Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; may be used to cover costs of required fees.
- HB 1922 Civics Education, Commission on; move from executive to legislative branch, may seek other funding.
- HB 1923 Textbooks; local school boards may assess reasonable fee or charge for loss or damage to.
- HB 1924 Tuition grants; provide for commercial crab fishermen attending two-year educational institution.
- HB 1940 Open Education Resource Center Grant Fund; established, development of two-year pilot project.
- HB 1942 Single-sex education; clarifies manner school boards may establish program in school division.
- HB 1945 Regional alternative education programs; certain students may be administratively assigned thereto.
- HB 1953 Guidelines on recycling and waste reduction activities; requires Board of Education to establish.
- HB 1980 Family life education; right of parents to review certain materials.
- HB 1990 George Mason University; board of visitors to enter in memorandum of agreement with Fairfax.
- HB 2070 Classroom placement of twins or multiples; school board to develop policies to allow parental input.
- HB 2082 Early Graduation Incentive Grant Program; established.
- HB 2089 School boards, local; grievance procedure.
- HB 2090 School calendar; adds to good cause circumstances for which school divisions may be granted waiver.
- HB 2093 Composite index, local; adjustment for state share of basic aid for certain school divisions.
- HB 2104 Students with Disabilities Tuition Assistance Grant Program; created.
- HB 2112 Financial literacy education; school board to implement objectives in middle and high schools.
- HB 2149 Higher Education, Council of; task force to plan to expand teacher preparation.
- HB 2151 Retention of energy savings; school boards required to prepare approved energy conservation.
- HB 2166 Schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes, etc. upon which accreditation is based.
- HB 2198 Standards of Quality; apportionment of state & local share for costs of giving educational programs.
- HB 2204 Instructional spending in classroom; local school division to allocate 65% of operating budget.
- HB 2224 Braille; certification of instructors.
- HB 2269 Expenditures; annual report thereof provided by school board to be made available to public.
- HB 2304 Special education; 180 days to appeal due process hearing decisions.
- HB 2324 Higher educational institutions; at least 80% of transfer students admitted be Virginia domiciles.
- HB 2325 Higher educational institutions; at least 70% of students admitted be Virginia domiciles.
- HB 2327 Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- HB 2341 Suspension of a student, short-term; pending principal, etc., decision on alternative education.
- HB 2342 Tuition assistance; member National Guard have minimum of 2 years remaining on service requirement.
- HB 2344 Benchmarks for student reading achievement; Board of Education to establish in grades 6-12.
- HB 2353 School for Deaf and Blind; re-establishes Board of Visitors thereof.
- HB 2409 Holocaust education; Board of Education to establish objectives therefor.
- HB 2474 Planning time for school teachers; Superintendent to ensure elementary school teachers are provided.
- HB 2475 Higher educational institutions; at least 75% of students admitted be Virginia domiciles.
- HB 2517 Standards of Learning; directs Board of Education provide option of industry certification, etc.
- HB 2530 Secondary school teachers; required to complete course on current structure & historic development.
- HB 2537 Special education; definition of a parent to make decisions relating thereto.
- HB 2552 Diploma requirements; Board of Education to include standard credit in economics & personal finance.
- HB 2581 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for Native Americans.
- HB 2589 Students; assessment of those limited English proficient.
- HB 2616 Tuition, in-state; person holding student or other temporary visa may establish eligibility.
- HB 2619 Transfer students; credits earned for online courses taken in Virtual Virginia program to transfer.
- HJ 651 Project Lead the Way (PLTW) program; school divisions to launch in division's high schools.
- HJ 652 K-8 Mathematics Specialists; school divisions to hire to improve performance of students.
- HR 39 ROTC program; higher educational institutions encouraged to support by providing academic credit.
- SB 827 Family life education; adds benefits, etc., of marriage for men, etc., to list of topics covered.
- SB 919 Retirement System; retirees may be hired as teachers without interrupting retirement benefits.
- SB 994 Campus police; allows any educational institution police officers not be governed by Personnel Act.
- SB 1017 Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes Ferrum College from & corrects name.
- SB 1037 Tuition, in-state; denied to illegal aliens.
- SB 1049 Grant program; modifies eligibility of certain foster care and special needs adoption students.
- SB 1251 College Savings Plan; provide for exclusion of certain financial record from Freedom of Information.
- SB 1285 School budgets; local school divisions to publish on website.
- SB 1367 Food allergies; school board develop, etc. policy for management of students with life-threatening.
- SB 1453 Civics Education, Commission on; established.
- SB 1547 Financial aid programs, state; persons who have successfully completed home school instruction, etc.