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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
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Monday, 9:00 a.m., House Room C and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., 9th Floor Appropriations Room
Legislation reported out: (registered users: create report or csv file)
- HB 1599 Grants; modifies eligibility for certain individuals at two-year educational institution.
- HB 1624 Code of student conduct; bullying, harassment, etc., for Bd. of Ed. to include in model policy.
- 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 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 1767 Honorary diplomas; requires Board of Education award to certain veterans of Vietnam War.
- HB 1794 Suspension; sufficient cause necessary to suspend student cannot rest solely on instance of truancy.
- HB 1810 Course credit; students called to active military duty may receive full credit.
- 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 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 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 2089 School boards, local; grievance procedure.
- 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 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 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 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 2537 Special education; definition of a parent to make decisions relating thereto.
- HB 2589 Students; assessment of those limited English proficient.
- 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 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.