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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
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- HB 273 Interscholastic activities; exclusive use of wood baseball bats.
- HB 327 Early Graduation Incentive Grant Program; established.
- HB 379 Public schools; permitted fees and charges.
- HB 752 Higher educational institutions; mental health record release authorization when enrolling.
- HB 759 School boards; annual report of expenditures.
- HB 808 Special education services; parental consent.
- HB 1234 Standards of Learning; growth model for student academic achievement.
- HB 1263 Truancy and school dropout prevention; school boards must implement programs & services to include.
- HB 1538 Public schools; abortion services prohibited.
- 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 1638 College Scholarship Assistance Program; out-of-state student surcharge to be collected.
- HB 1700 Statewide uniform grading policy; Board of Education to establish.
- HB 1750 Campus police; report of certain incidents to State Police.
- HB 1789 Family life education; instruction on all topics must be both medically accurate & age appropriate.
- HB 1800 School divisions, local; requires 65% of each education dollar to be spent in classroom, report.
- HB 1825 Accreditation status; requires Board to publish annually for each school by August 1.
- HB 1922 Civics Education, Commission on; move from executive to legislative branch, may seek other funding.
- HB 1953 Guidelines on recycling and waste reduction activities; requires Board of Education to establish.
- HB 2082 Early Graduation Incentive Grant Program; established.
- 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 2149 Higher Education, Council of; task force to plan to expand teacher preparation.
- 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 2344 Benchmarks for student reading achievement; Board of Education to establish in grades 6-12.
- HB 2530 Secondary school teachers; required to complete course on current structure & historic development.
- 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 2616 Tuition, in-state; person holding student or other temporary visa may establish eligibility.
- SB 1037 Tuition, in-state; denied to illegal aliens.