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2015 SESSION
House Education
MEMBERSHIP
Landes (Chair), Lingamfelter, Rust, Cole, Pogge, Massie, Greason, Bell, Richard P., LeMunyon, Robinson, Yost, Yancey, Farrell, Davis, Leftwich, McClellan, Tyler, Bulova, Keam, Hester, Lindsey, Preston
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Monday and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., House Room D
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- HB 324 Virginia Virtual School; established, report, effective date.
- HB 1299 Schools denied accreditation; memoranda of understanding.
- HB 1302 Standards of Learning tests; expedited retake.
- HB 1303 Local school boards; administration of Standards of Learning assessments.
- HB 1304 Virginia Public School Educational Technology Grants Program; leases of educational technology.
- HB 1306 Graduation requirements; naturalization test.
- HB 1307 Public elementary and secondary schools; student identification numbers.
- HB 1309 Local school boards; arming of school security officers.
- HB 1313 School Performance Report Card; rankings.
- HB 1320 Teacher licensure renewal; college credit.
- HB 1321 Public institutions of higher education; student right to representation at proceedings.
- HB 1322 Public institutions of higher education; officially recognized student organizations.
- HB 1323 Higher educational institutions; officially recognized student organizations, policy violations.
- HB 1325 Visually impaired students; instruction in Braille, etc.
- HB 1328 Public schools; impact of student aliens not lawfully present in the United States, report.
- HB 1334 Students' personally identifiable information; (DOE) to develop certain policies.
- HB 1335 Education; agency coordination.
- HB 1336 SCHEV; policy on course credit at higher educational institutions.
- HB 1338 Electronic textbooks; hardware.
- HB 1343 Campus police departments; sexual assault reporting.
- HB 1351 Diploma seals; biliteracy.
- HB 1356 Tuition, in-state; students granted Temporary Protected Status, etc.
- HB 1361 Virginia Virtual School, Board of; established, report.
- HB 1368 A-F school grading system; repeals system created in 2013 and 2014.
- HB 1380 Higher educational institutions, four-year public; dual enrollment programs.
- HB 1389 Higher educational institutions; prohibition on regulating concealed handguns.
- HB 1411 Concealed handguns; possession by faculty members at higher educational institutions.
- HB 1415 Public schools; organizations governing interscholastic programs.
- HB 1419 Standards of Learning; changes.
- HB 1423 Advanced Learning and Research, Institute for; board membership.
- HB 1443 Public schools; Board of Education regulations on use of seclusion and restraint.
- HB 1448 Virginia Public School Improvement Program; established, report.
- HB 1467 Concealed handguns; authorization and training for persons designated to carry on school property.
- HB 1478 Tuition, in-state; students granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
- HB 1484 Schools; approval of annual budgets.
- HB 1490 Standards of Learning; eligibility for retake of test, exception.
- HB 1491 Graduation; verified units of credit, locally developed alternative assessments.
- HB 1508 Higher educational institutions; memorandum of understanding and policies.
- HB 1514 Composite index of local ability-to-pay; use value of real estate in certain localities.
- HB 1550 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting.
- HB 1557 Non-accredited schools, persistently; Board of Education guidance.
- HB 1566 Individual school performance; star number scale.
- HB 1581 Family life education; advance directives related to mental health.
- HB 1585 Schools failing to achieve full accreditation; scheduling flexibility.
- HB 1587 Deemed consent for blood testing; minors.
- HB 1592 High school graduation requirements; verified units of credit, alternative assessments.
- HB 1612 School service providers; protection of student personal information.
- HB 1615 Standards of Learning; integrated assessments to include multiple subject areas.
- HB 1616 Career and technical education; alignment with national certification requirements.
- HB 1619 Eleventh and twelfth grade transfer students; graduation requirements.
- HB 1626 Students receiving home instruction; participation in public school interscholastic programs.
- HB 1627 Economics education and financial literacy; standard unit of credit, alternative assessment.
- HB 1668 Public schools; Standards of Learning tests.
- HB 1669 Scholastic records; personally identifiable information contained in student databases.
- HB 1672 School Performance Report Card; redesign to be more effective in communicating to parents & public.
- HB 1674 School accreditation; review of status by Board of Education.
- HB 1675 Graduation requirements; local alternative paths to standard or verified units of credit.
- HB 1676 Postsecondary credential, etc.; local school board agreements with community colleges.
- HB 1677 Workforce development; grants for earning training credentials.
- HB 1679 Students, hearing or visually impaired; information on services on school division website.
- HB 1683 Higher educational institutions; liaisons to report criminal sexual assault, etc.
- HB 1684 Standards of Learning assessments; waivers.
- HB 1692 Higher educational institutions; alternative tuition or fee structures offered to students.
- HB 1698 Students; questionnaires and surveys requesting sexual information, etc.
- HB 1706 Public schools; Standards of Learning tests.
- HB 1713 Schools accredited with three warnings or denied accreditation; alternative enrollment policy.
- HB 1714 Standards of Learning; third grade through eighth grade assessments.
- HB 1715 Higher educational institutions; students exhibiting suicidal tendencies or behavior, policies.
- HB 1744 Local employee grievance procedure; final step in procedure adopted by local government.
- HB 1752 SOL; Bd. of Education prohibited from adopting revisions that implement Common Core State Standards.
- HB 1753 Home instruction of children; requirements, year-end assessments, cutoff date.
- HB 1754 Home instruction of children; parent to provide certain testing scores to division superintendent.
- HB 1773 Concealed handgun; possession on school property.
- HB 1785 Campus police departments; sexual assault reporting.
- HB 1786 Higher education; reporting of sexual assault, penalty.
- HB 1791 Higher educational institutions; removal of members of board of visitors, etc.
- HB 1822 Apprenticeship-related instruction; transfers certain duties.
- HB 1838 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting.
- HB 1872 Schools denied accreditation, etc.; principal and assistant principal training program.
- HB 1873 Public schools; Board of Education to promulgate regulations for accreditation ratings.
- HB 1888 Academic transcripts; suspension or permanent dismissal from institution.
- HB 1894 Public schools; corporal punishment; exception.
- HB 1930 Higher educational institutions; review committees, reporting of acts of sexual violence, report.
- HB 1941 School calendar.
- HB 1952 School buses; transfer and sell to another school division.
- HB 1953 School boards; annual workforce summit.
- HB 1959 Higher educational institutions; information for six-year plans.
- HB 1962 School board members, local; professional development activities requirement.
- HB 1980 Higher educational institutions, four-year public; websites, consumer information.
- HB 1988 Campus police departments; reporting of felony criminal sexual assault.
- HB 2004 School nurses; divisionwide ratio students in average daily membership.
- HB 2005 School Performance Report Card; instructional costs.
- HB 2006 School divisions; concussion policies and procedures; management plan.
- HB 2010 Public elementary and secondary schools; uniform statewide grading scale.
- HB 2020 Licensed local school board instructional or administrative employees; service retirement allowance.
- HB 2039 Higher educational institutions; establishment of pilot program.
- HB 2041 Open Education Resources Innovation Council; established, report.
- HB 2068 Senior citizens' higher education; income limit.
- HB 2088 Economics education and financial literacy; instruction, graduation requirements.
- HB 2102 Higher educational institutions; sexual misconduct policies.
- HB 2114 Competitive foods; school-sponsored fundraisers.
- HB 2121 Tuition, in-state; members of the Virginia National Guard.
- HB 2122 Higher educational institutions; in-state tuition for certain students.
- HB 2132 State Board for Community Colleges; policy for the award of academic credit for military training.
- HB 2134 Higher educational institutions; admission and enrollment of 75% of students domiciled in Virginia.
- HB 2137 Teachers; initial license with no industry certification credential, may issue provisional license.
- HB 2139 Higher educational institutions; reporting of felony criminal sexual assault.
- HB 2149 School board, local; professional development for members appointed to schools denied accreditation.
- HB 2169 Education, Board of; annual report on the condition & needs of public education in the Commonwealth.
- HB 2180 Grading system for individual school performance; delays full implementation of A-F.
- HB 2186 Public school buildings; minimum standards, recommendations for minimum usable school site size.
- HB 2187 Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program; funding allocation.
- HB 2201 Academic transcripts; documentation of dismissal.
- HB 2208 Teachers; career and technical education endorsement.
- HB 2210 Repetition of grade levels; illegitimate, non-educational reason for an enrolled student to repeat.
- HB 2216 Epinephrine; possession and administration in private schools.
- HB 2218 Advanced studies diploma; foreign language requirements, technical programming or design language.
- HB 2220 Charter schools; per pupil funding to be allocated by local school board on a noncategorical basis.
- HB 2231 Student discipline; modifying long-term suspensions and expulsions.
- HB 2238 Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established.
- HB 2241 Standards of Learning; eligibility for retake of tests.
- HB 2245 School board clerks; electronic maintenance of records.
- HB 2253 Richmond City Public Schools Learning Excellence by Aligning Public Schools Commission; established.
- HB 2268 Prepaid tuition contracts; differential tuition.
- HB 2271 Department of Education; request waiver process for SOL.
- HB 2272 Driver education programs; parent/student component.
- HB 2276 Standard diploma; career and technical education credential, exemption.
- HB 2284 Uniformed services-connected students; Department of Education to establish process to identify.
- HB 2290 University of Virginia; terms of rector and vice-rector.
- HB 2302 Full-day kindergarten; school boards to develop programs.
- HB 2306 ABLE savings trust accounts; established, administered by the Virginia College Savings Plan.
- HB 2318 High school graduation rate; Board of Education's formula for assessing rates.
- HB 2320 Cooperative degree program; Secretary of Education, et al., shall develop a plan to establish.
- HB 2337 Family life education; sexually explicit communications and images.
- HB 2339 Electronic textbooks; access by students in their residence.
- HB 2346 Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
- HB 2349 Character education; summer youth development academies.
- HB 2350 Student data security; Department of Education to develop a model data security plan.
- HB 2354 State Board for Community Colleges; policy for the award of academic credit for military training.
- HB 2373 Uniformed services-connected students; Department of Education shall establish process to identify.
- HB 2374 Teacher licensure; professional development in indicators of dyslexia.
- HB 2376 Pre-kindergarten Grant Program; established, grants for at-risk four-year-olds.
- HB 2394 Local composite index; appeal of computation.
- HJ 707 Postsecondary Institution Ratings System; opposition to federal system.
- SB 712 Higher education; handling of sexual assault cases.
- SB 724 SOL; Bd. of Education prohibited from adopting revisions that implement Common Core State Standards.
- SB 727 School Performance Report Card; redesign to be more effective in communicating to parents & public.
- SB 782 The use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; Board of Education regulations.
- SB 805 STEM programs; grants for donations to qualified schools.
- SB 821 Opportunity Educational Institution; repeals Institution.
- SB 823 Public schools; physical activity requirement.
- SB 849 Community colleges; enrollment policies.
- SB 852 Public schools; definition of corporal punishment, exception.
- SB 874 Standards of Learning; eligibility for retake of tests.
- SB 900 SOL; school divisions to determine date for assessments.
- SB 916 Diploma seals; BOE shall establish criteria for awarding.
- SB 982 Graduation requirements; local alternative paths to standard units of credit.
- SB 1021 Instructional school hours; instructional time.
- SB 1024 Apprenticeship-related instruction.
- SB 1039 Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center; name change.
- SB 1105 School Health Advisory Board; established, report.
- SB 1116 Standards of Learning; request of waiver to use alternative test for students with limited English.
- SB 1122 Higher educational institutions; student mental health policies.
- SB 1206 Higher educational institutions; six-year plan to include intellectual property interests, etc.
- SB 1223 Higher educational institutions, four-year public; websites, consumer information.
- SB 1236 Special diplomas; eliminates the term.
- SB 1286 Public schools; annual budget publication in line item form on school division's website.
- SB 1293 Public elementary and secondary schools; student identification numbers.
- SB 1320 Public schools; accreditation ratings.
- SB 1329 Higher educational institutions; memorandum of understanding and policies for sexual assaults.
- SB 1335 State Board for Community Colleges; policy for the award of academic credit for military training.
- SB 1339 School board clerks; electronic maintenance of records.
- SB 1354 Uniformed services-connected students; identification.
- SB 1383 Home instruction; disclosure of personal information to Department of Education or other person.
- SB 1386 Teacher licensure; professional development.
- SB 1403 Home instruction; evidence of progress requirement for students.
- SB 1404 ABLE savings trust accounts; established, administered by the Virginia College Savings Plan.