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HB 1679 Students, hearing or visually impaired; information on services on school division website.
Introduced by: Richard P. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Information on services for students identified as hearing impaired or visually impaired; school division website posting. Requires each local school board to (i) annually post on the school division's website information describing the educational and other services available through the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired to students who are identified as hearing impaired or visually impaired, (ii) inform parents of its availability, and (iii) ensure that packets of such information are available in an accessible format for review by parents who do not have Internet access. Current law requires distribution of physical copies of such information.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101803D pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1679ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/09/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101803D
- 01/09/15 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/23/15 House: Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
- 01/29/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/15 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/15 House: Read first time
- 02/04/15 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/15 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/15 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/12/15 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/15 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/15 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1679ER)
- 02/19/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/23/15
- 02/23/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/10/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 55 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/10/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)