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2016 SESSION
House Education
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Landes (Chair), Lingamfelter, Cole, Pogge, Massie, Greason, Bell, Richard P., LeMunyon, Robinson, Yost, Yancey, Dudenhefer, Davis, Leftwich, LaRock, McClellan, Tyler, Bulova, Keam, Hester, Lindsey, Bagby
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- HB 8 Virginia Virtual School; Board established.
- HB 36 Government courses at public high schools; civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test.
- HB 46 School Readiness Committee; Secretary of Education, et al., shall establish, increases membership.
- HB 47 Mixed-Delivery Preschool Fund and Grant Program; established, report, sunset provision.
- HB 57 Student attendance; withdrawal of students absent without excuse.
- HB 66 New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Fund and Program; established.
- HB 71 Standards of Learning assessments; receipt and administration date.
- HB 76 Concealed handguns; authorization and training for persons designated to carry on school property.
- HB 79 Concealed handguns; possession by full-time faculty members at higher educational institutions.
- HB 93 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and determining opening day of school.
- HB 131 Students who receive home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs.
- HB 135 In-state tuition charges; eligibility of members of state-recognized Virginia tribes.
- HB 164 High school graduation; verified units of credit.
- HB 166 Visually impaired students; each student to be evaluated and receive instruction in Braille.
- HB 167 School board employees; possession of firearms by employees who are former law-enforcement officers.
- HB 187 New public school buildings; plans or blueprints, indoor active shooter gunshot detection and alert.
- HB 191 Composite index of local ability-to-pay; use value of real estate in certain localities.
- HB 196 Public elementary and secondary schools and local school divisions; information and forms.
- HB 209 Educational Institutions; revising and recodifying laws.
- HB 228 Graduation requirements; computer programming as foreign language.
- HB 229 SCHEV; uniform bachelor's degree credit hours and lower division curriculum.
- HB 236 Teacher Emeritus Fund and Program; established.
- HB 241 Students who are English language learners; BOE to consider certain assessment.
- HB 259 SOL; Bd. of Education prohibited from adopting revisions that implement Common Core State Standards.
- HB 261 Armed Forces of the U.S. or Va. National Guard, former members of; provisional teaching licenses.
- HB 263 Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; decreases membership.
- HB 265 Charter schools, public; amount appropriated to local school boards.
- HB 279 Career and technical education; three-year licenses.
- HB 306 School buses; display of advertising material on sides and rear.
- HB 309 School boards, local; licensed behavior analysts and assistant, support services positions.
- HB 333 School property; use by youth groups federally listed as patriotic & national organizations.
- HB 353 School boards, local; transportation agreements with nonpublic schools.
- HB 357 Public schools; physical activity requirement for students in grades kindergarten through five.
- HB 358 School security funds; certain private elementary and secondary schools.
- HB 365 Adaptive Learning Tools Grant Fund; established.
- HB 381 Standards of Learning; alternative means for children with disabilities to demonstrate achievement.
- HB 389 Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report, effective clause.
- HB 406 Local school boards; transportation agreements with nonpublic schools.
- HB 436 Standards of Learning assessments in English reading and mathematics; retake, recovery credit.
- HB 450 Comprehensive community colleges, certain; veterans advisors and veterans resource centers.
- HB 453 Northern Neck-Middle Peninsula Public Education Consortium; regional boundaries and governing board.
- HB 457 Full-day kindergarten programs; availability and building capacity.
- HB 459 Teacher licensure; industry certification credential, local waiver.
- HB 475 Students who have been treated for pediatric cancer; return to learn protocol.
- HB 478 High school graduation and dropout data; on-time graduation.
- HB 487 School resource officers; those employed pursuant to School Resource Officer Grants Program.
- HB 495 Synthetic turf; three-year moratorium on installation at schools and parks.
- HB 503 Public Instruction, Superintendent of; tracking teacher turnover, report.
- HB 515 Higher educational institutions; institutional 6-year plan, economic development, report.
- HB 516 Education, Board of; policy on sexually explicit instructional material.
- HB 518 School boards, local; to provide students with option to transfer to another school division.
- HB 519 School-affiliated entities; definition, providing protection for student personal information.
- HB 520 Redistricting of school boundaries; assignment of students.
- HB 521 Education, Board of; annual report includes reporting requirements of local school divisions.
- HB 522 Standards of Learning Innovation Committee; list of restrictive federal laws and regulations, report
- HB 523 Higher educational institutions; student mental health policies.
- HB 524 Teacher performance and quality; confidentiality.
- HB 525 Standards of Learning Innovation Committee; review of standardized testing in public high schools.
- HB 532 Composite index of local ability to pay; additional factors to be considered.
- HB 547 Standards of Quality; apportionment of state and local share.
- HB 557 School efficiency reviews; scope and costs.
- HB 565 Charter schools, public; changes to provisions for establishment and operation.
- HB 571 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting and determining opening day of school.
- HB 573 Students with limited English proficiency; alternatives to SOL English reading assessments.
- HB 633 Standards of Learning; history and social science instruction.
- HB 638 Higher educational institutions; public-private partnerships, wind and solar power.
- HB 659 High school family life education curriculum; programs on prevention of dating violence, etc.
- HB 662 Higher Education for Virginia, State Council of; open educational resources.
- HB 678 Human trafficking training; DCJS to establish for law-enforcement, etc.
- HB 682 Teacher licensure; waiver of requirements, trade and industrial education programs.
- HB 694 State funding; ratio of full-time equivalent instruction to students with limited English.
- HB 696 Teacher licensure; technology education, military technology training.
- HB 697 Teachers; probation and dismissal.
- HB 749 School service providers; protection of student personal information.
- HB 750 Student personal information; definition of school services, college & career readiness assessment.
- HB 753 School calendar.
- HB 788 School calendar.
- HB 798 School divisions, certain; development of plan to fund and phase in full-day kindergarten.
- HB 803 Higher educational institutions; recognized student organizations.
- HB 827 Concussions in student-athletes; guidelines for school division policies and procedures.
- HB 831 Standards of Learning; curriculum shall include computer science and computational thinking.
- HB 833 Standards of Learning; elementary school assessments; time length.
- HB 842 Teachers; preparation and licensure, professional development in indicators of dyslexia.
- HB 863 Higher educational institutions; admission of undergraduate students domiciled in Virginia.
- HB 864 Public elementary and secondary schools; teacher grievance procedures.
- HB 873 Public & private schools & higher educational institutions; for-hire motor carriers.
- HB 876 Higher educational institutions; student health insurance coverage.
- HB 894 Standards of Learning Innovation Committee; change in membership.
- HB 895 High school graduation; graduation requirements.
- HB 925 Virginia Preschool Initiative; student eligibility.
- HB 926 Higher educational institutions; letter certifying good standing of certain students.
- HB 933 High school graduation and dropout data; students who have been placed in custody of DSS.
- HB 936 Students, certain, with limited English proficiency; Board shall make provision in its regulations.
- HB 942 School boards; reasonable access by certain youth groups.
- HB 953 Imitation controlled substances; maximum disciplinary action for student.
- HB 954 Concussions; local school division policy to include Return to Learn Protocol for student-athletes.
- HB 961 Higher educational institutions; alternative tuition or fee structures to students, report.
- HB 965 Public schools; organizations governing interscholastic programs.
- HB 967 School term; waiver of length of school term, early course mastery.
- HB 1015 Higher educational institutions; memorandum of understanding with local law-enforcement agencies.
- HB 1029 Critical National Security Language Grant Fund and Program; established.
- HB 1036 Longitudinal data system; SCHEV to develop and maintain, report.
- HB 1061 Students; expulsion and referral to a local law-enforcement agency.
- HB 1062 Higher educational institutions; management agreements.
- HB 1099 Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program; eligibility.
- HB 1103 ABLE savings trust accounts; exclusion from determination of state means-tested assistance, etc.
- HB 1131 Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments.
- HB 1132 School principals; incident reports.
- HB 1134 Disorderly conduct; provisions shall not apply to certain students if occurs on school property.
- HB 1165 Virginia Grade Level Alternative; electronic submission of evidence.
- HB 1176 In-state tuition; members of the Virginia National Guard.
- HB 1186 Advanced studies diploma; foreign language requirements, technical programming languages.
- HB 1206 Comprehensive community colleges; Noncredit Workforce Credentials Act.
- HB 1219 Graduation requirements; computer programming as foreign language.
- HB 1230 Higher educational institutions; student intellectual property rights.
- HB 1234 School security officers; carrying a firearm.
- HB 1247 Higher educational institutions; student expulsion, appeal.
- HB 1253 Norfolk, City of; repeals obsolete provisions for appointment of members to school board.
- HB 1279 Public schools; fire drills and lock-down drills.
- HB 1303 Higher educational institutions; educational programs for members of board of visitors.
- HB 1308 School board policies, local; students volunteering at polling places.
- HB 1321 Higher educational institutions, private; memoranda of understanding, sexual assaults.
- HB 1352 Public elementary and secondary schools; teacher grievance procedures.
- HB 1365 High school graduation; Board of Education's requirements.
- HB 1367 Four-year public institutions of higher education; alternative tuition or fee structures.
- HB 1370 High school; prohibition of certain level course grading policies.
- HB 1377 School boards; assignment of teachers, reduces maximum class sizes.
- HB 1384 The New College Institute; operations and governance agreement with a public institution.
- SB 17 STEM programs; grants for donations to programs at qualified schools.
- SB 83 Higher educational institutions; required agreements with law enforcement.
- SB 211 Public schools; physical activity requirement for students in grades kindergarten through five.
- SB 224 Public schools; prohibited use of tobacco products on school bus, etc.
- SB 245 Comprehensive community colleges; dual enrollment of students into Career Pathways program.
- SB 246 STEM Competition Team Grant Program and Fund; established, created.
- SB 250 Local school boards; transportation agreements with nonpublic schools.
- SB 313 Virginia College Building Authority; financing projects, participating institutions.
- SB 336 High school graduation; graduation requirements.
- SB 338 Higher educational institutions; study abroad programs.
- SB 360 Teachers; Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide a model exit questionnaire.
- SB 368 Public schools; standards for accreditation, corrective action plan.
- SB 425 Higher education; student mental health policies.
- SB 427 Standards of Learning assessments; Board of Education's calculation of passage rate.
- SB 438 Higher educational institutions; social media accounts.
- SB 452 Medical school; clinical rotation requirements.
- SB 458 Alternatives to suspension; Board of Education shall establish guidelines for local school boards.
- SB 502 School efficiency reviews; scope and costs.
- SB 538 Students with limited English proficiency; alternative to the eleventh grade Standards of Learning.
- SB 573 Part-time teachers; Board of Education to provide for issuance of permits.
- SB 576 New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; established, Fund created, report.
- SB 609 Academic credit; industry credentials.
- SB 612 Students who receive home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs.
- SB 636 State Council of Higher Education; longitudinal data system; report.
- SB 660 Teacher dismissal; appointment of hearing officer.
- SB 665 Middle school student-athletes, public; pre-participation physical examination.
- SB 734 Public charter schools.
- SB 740 Electronic textbooks; use by students.
- SB 776 Public schools; residency of children in kinship care.
- SB 780 Home instruction or religious exemption; information disclosure.