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2012 SESSION

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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: Jessica Eades, Ellen Porter
Date of Meeting: February 20, 2012
Time and Place: 1/2 Hour After Adjourment - 3rd Floor West

H.B. 367

Patron: McClellan

Board of Education; publication of disciplinary offense and outcome data.  Requires the Board of Education to annually publish disciplinary offense and outcome data by race, ethnicity, gender, and disability for each public school in the Commonwealth on its website.

H.B. 578

Patron: Bell, Richard P.

Online courses; teacher licensure.  Requires the Board of Education to develop licensure criteria for teachers who teach only online courses. The bill also provides that teachers who hold a Board issued five-year renewable license may teach online courses for which they are properly endorsed.

H.B. 886

Patron: Alexander

Chronic school absenteeism and truancy. Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations by July 1, 2013, to address truancy. In promulgating these regulations, the Board shall address the following: (i) provisions for early intervention at the school level for repeated unexcused absences; (ii) identification of and a plan to address a student's academic, social, familial, and other barriers that impede attendance in school; and (iii) arrangement of conferences that may be necessary between school personnel, students, parents, and community services providers, as appropriate, to address plans and strategies to improve student attendance, including but not limited to, referrals to family assessment and planning teams.