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Senate Committee on Education and Health Subcommittee Public Education

Blevins (Chairman), Howell, Locke, Black, Carrico

Clerk: Patty Lung, Jocelyn Lance
Staff: J.Eades, Ellen Porter
Date of Meeting: January 16, 2012
Time and Place: 1/2 Hour After Adjournment - 3rd Floor West

S.B. 168

Patron: Petersen

Public schools; closed-circuit cameras.  Prohibits the use of closed-circuit cameras on for the purpose of monitoring student conduct within the school, unless necessary to protect the physical safety and security of the students.

S.B. 185

Patron: Miller, J.C.

Third grade SOLs; math and English only.  Requires the Board of Education to require only math and English Standards of Learning for third graders.

S.B. 200

Patron: Marsden

Public school textbooks; East Sea.  Requires all textbooks approved by the Board of Education to note that the Sea of Japan is also referred to as the East Sea.

S.B. 259

Patron: Ebbin

Human trafficking; information for public schools.  Requires the Board of Education, with assistance from the Department of Social Services, to provide awareness and training materials for local school divisions on human trafficking, including strategies for the prevention of trafficking of children.

S.B. 271

Patron: Marsh

Virginia Center for School Safety; antibullying training.  Requires the Virginia Center for School Safety to provide training on antibullying tactics to public school personnel. The bill also allows the VCSS to include in its audits of school safety a survey of student safety concerns regarding bullying, gang activity, and acts of violence.

S.B. 329

Patron: Carrico

Early education; parental obligation.  Requires that the parent of a child attending a grant funded preschool education program shall satisfactorily complete all parenting classes or courses offered by the preschool education program. Any child whose parent does not satisfactorily complete such parenting classes or courses shall be removed from the program.