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Senate Committee on Education and Health Subcommittee Public Education

Blevins (Chairman), Howell, Ruff, Locke, Miller, J.C.

Clerk: Patty Lung, Jocelyn Lance
Staff: J.Eades, N.Cheuk
Date of Meeting: February 14, 2011
Time and Place: Monday, 1/2 hr. after Senate adj., 4 E Conf. Rm, Gen. Assembly Bl

H.B. 1483

Patron: Cleaveland

School calendar.  Adds to the "good cause" circumstances for which school divisions may be granted a waiver from the post-Labor Day school opening schedule a school division that is entirely surrounded by school divisions that have an opening date prior to Labor Day in the school year for which the waiver is sought.

H.B. 1493

Patron: Greason

Career and technical education; industry certifications.  Provides that where there is a national industry certification for career and technical education instructional personnel or program, the Board of Education must make such certification a mandatory part of the career and technical education program.  The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2012.

H.B. 1548

Patron: Kory

Parental notification; school board policy violations.  Requires the school principal, or designee, to notify the parents of a student who violates a school board policy or the compulsory school attendance requirements when such violation is likely to result in the student's suspension or the filing of a court petition.

H.B. 1644

Patron: O'Bannon

Public schools; physical education requirement.  Requires at least 150 minutes of physical education per week on average during the regular school year for grades K through eight, with a similar goal for high school students. This requirement would go into effect beginning with the 2014 -2015 school year, and would not apply to any half-day kindergarten program.  This bill incorporates HB 1710 (Howell, A. T. ).

H.B. 2439

Patron: Sickles

Driver education in Planning District 8; nonpublic school students.  Requires school boards in Planning District 8 to make the 90-minute parent/student driver education component available to all students and their parents or guardians who are in compliance with the compulsory school attendance statute.