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2010 SESSION

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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: January 25, 2010
Time and Place: Monday, 1/2 hr. after Senate adj., 4 E Conf. Rm, Gen. Assembly Bl

S.B. 46 Special education program for children with disabilities; recovery of attorney fees.

Patron: Stuart

Special education program for children with disabilities; recovery of attorney fees.  Authorizes a court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing party, who is the parent of a child with a disability, in a civil action he is allowed to bring before the court because he is aggrieved by earlier findings and a decision resolving a dispute as to program placements, individualized education programs, tuition eligibility and other matters.

S.B. 210 Nutritional guidelines; Board & VDH to develop for all competitive foods in public schools, report.

Patron: Barker

Competitive foods in public schools; report. Requires the Board, in cooperation with the Department of Health, to promulgate and periodically update regulations setting nutritional guidelines for all competitive foods sold during the school day. The bill also requires (i) the Board to adopt the Governor's Nutrition and Physical Activity Scorecard's nutritional guidelines as the statewide standard for competitive foods; (ii) the Board to report to the General Assembly on the final regulations by December 1, 2012; and (iii) local school boards to report to the Department of Education on their plan to implement the final regulations by 30 days prior to the beginning of the 2013 - 2014 school year.

S.B. 352 Schools; delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which accreditation is based.

Patron: Obenshain

Accreditation of schools; delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations, etc. Provides for the delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which the accreditation of schools in the Commonwealth is based that were not already in effect on June 30, 2008, until July 1, 2011, unless such statutes or regulations are also specifically required by federal code, federal regulation, or court action.

S.B. 361 Religious holidays; student's absence because of observance of must be recorded as excused.

Patron: Barker

Religious holidays; attendance records. Provides that any student's absence because of the observance of a religious holiday must be recorded as excused on the student's attendance record and that no student may be deprived of any award or of eligibility or opportunity to compete for any award or of the right to take an alternate test or examination, for any which he missed because of such absence. A written excuse must be signed by the parent and presented to the proper school authority.

S.B. 414 Nutritional guidelines; Board & VDH to develop for all competitive foods in public schools, report.

Patron: Vogel

Competitive foods in public schools; report. Requires the Board of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Health, to promulgate and periodically update regulations setting nutritional guidelines for all competitive foods sold or served to students during regular school hours. The bill also requires (i) the Board to adopt either the Alliance for a Healthier Generation's Competitive Foods Guidelines or the Institute of Medicine's Recommended Standards for Competitive Foods in Schools as the initial statewide standard for competitive foods, (ii) the Board to report to the General Assembly on the final regulations by December 1, 2011, and (iii) local school boards to report to the Department of Education on their plans to implement the final regulations by 30 days prior to the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year.