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2017 SESSION

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(HB1708)

GOVERNOR'S VETO

 

    Pursuant to Article V, Section 6, of the Constitution of Virginia, I veto House Bill 1708. This bill would require the Board of Education to consider industry certification credentials earned by students in the Standards of Accreditation, and would prohibit the Board from including those credentials in the Standards of Accreditation before the 2018 Session of the General Assembly.

 

    I agree that the Board of Education should consider industry certification credentials and other indicators of workforce preparedness in their Standards of Accreditation, and I appreciate Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn’s desire to bring this important issue to the forefront of the Board’s considerations. A late amendment to the bill would have slowed progress for at least another year. The Board of Education has been developing these standards in a multi-year process, and this provision unnecessarily hamstrings their efforts to bring Virginia schools into the 21st century. As a result, Delegate Filler-Corn has asked me to veto her bill.

 

    I request that the Board of Education continue its work to include industry certification credentials in the Standards of Accreditation within the current timeline.

 

    Accordingly, I veto this bill.

 

GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION

 

    1. Line 11, enrolled, after 2017.

      strike

        the remainder of line 11 and all of lines 12 and 13