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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 8, 2010
Time and Place: Monday, 1/2 hr. after Senate adj., 4 E Conf. Rm, Gen. Assembly Bl

S.B. 629 Standards of Quality; standard diploma.

Patron: Wagner

Standards of Quality; standard diploma. Ensures that the sequential elective requirement for the standard diploma supports the student-selected career pathway required by the Academic and Career Plan and described in Board of Education regulations.

S.B. 630 Standards of Quality; local school board to include in its annual report.

Patron: Wagner

Standards of Quality; School Performance Report Card. Requires each local school board to include in its annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who passed Virginia's Workplace Readiness Skills assessment. This number is in addition to the current related reporting requirements of the number of industry certifications obtained, state licensure examinations passed, and career and technical education completers who graduated. The bill requires all four numbers to be reported as four separate categories on the School Performance Report Card.

S.B. 652 Concussions; Board of Education to develop guidelines dealing with in student-athletes.

Patron: Northam

Public schools; policies in concussions.  Requires the Board of Education to develop and distribute to local school divisions guidelines for policies dealing with concussions in student-athletes and requires each local school division to develop policies and procedures regarding the identification and handling of suspected concussions in student-athletes.

S.B. 682 Public schools; school board to report to Superintendent of Public Instruction recycling policies.

Patron: Barker

Public schools; recycling.  Requires each local school board to report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction any recycling policies voluntarily implemented or in place in any of its schools. The report shall include the types of items recycled, the number of schools participating in the recycling program, and an approximation of the amount of materials being recycled.