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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 2, 2009
Time and Place: Monday, 1/2 hr. after Senate adj., 4 E Conf. Rm, Gen. Assembly Bl

S.B. 1040 No Child Left Behind Act; prohibits Board of Education from complying with any provisions unfunded.

No Child Left Behind; compliance.  Prohibits the Board of Education from complying with any provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act that are unfunded and are not an integral or necessary component of the Commonwealth's own Standards of Quality, Standards of Accreditation, or Standards of Learning. Also states that the Board of Education shall not require any localities to comply with such provisions.

S.B. 1465 Standards of Learning; delay of textbook adoption cycle.

Standards of learning and textbook adoption cycle; delay.  Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, any revisions made to the Standards of Learning in effect as of June 30, 2009, shall not be implemented until the 2010-2011 school year, and that local school divisions shall not be required to purchase new textbooks until the 2010-2011 school year.

S.B. 1466 Standards of Quality; school division to use state and local funds for elementary resource teachers.

Standards of Quality; Standard 2. Allows local school divisions to use the state and local funds for elementary resource teachers to employ elementary reading or math specialists, or additional staff for programs for four-year olds.

S.B. 1519 Career and technical education diploma; delays implementation thereof.

Career and technical diploma; delayed.  Delays implementation of the career and technical diploma until the 2010-2011 school year.

S.B. 1521 Economics education and financial literacy; repeals requirement in middle and high schools.

Economics education and financial literacy; repealed.  Repeals the requirement for economics education and financial literacy in middle and high schools.