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HB 1351 Diploma seals; biliteracy.
Introduced by: David I. Ramadan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Diploma seals; biliteracy. Requires the Board of Education to establish, in time to apply to high school seniors graduating in 2016, criteria for awarding a diploma seal of biliteracy to any student who demonstrates proficiency in English and at least one other language. The bill requires the Board to consider criteria including the student's (i) score on a College Board Advanced Placement foreign language examination, (ii) score on an SAT II Subject Test in a foreign language, (iii) proficiency level on an ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) measure or another nationally or internationally recognized language proficiency test, or (iv) cumulative grade point average in a sequence of foreign language courses approved by the Board. This bill is identical to SB 916.
FULL TEXT
- 12/02/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100367D pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105067D-S1 pdf
- 02/25/15 House: Conference substitute printed 15105501D-H1 pdf
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1351ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0564) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/02/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100367D
- 12/02/14 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/16/15 House: Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
- 01/28/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-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 with substitute (11-Y 3-N)
- 02/12/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105067D-S1
- 02/13/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/16/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15105067D-S1
- 02/16/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1351S1
- 02/16/15 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 4-N)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 4-N)
- 02/17/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/15 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 15105067D-S1 (0-Y 92-N)
- 02/18/15 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 92-N)
- 02/20/15 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/15 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/23/15 House: House acceded to request
- 02/23/15 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/23/15 House: Delegates: Ramadan, Landes, Bulova
- 02/24/15 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/24/15 Senate: Senators: McWaters, Wexton, Smith
- 02/25/15 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/25/15 House: Conference substitute printed 15105501D-H1
- 02/26/15 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/26/15 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 1-N)
- 02/26/15 House: Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/15 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/15 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1351ER)
- 03/06/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
- 03/10/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/23/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 564 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0564)