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2018 SESSION


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to direct the Board of Education to make recommendations relating to career and technical education and diplomas.
[H 1530]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Board of Education shall make recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than November 1, 2018, relating to (i) strategies for eliminating any stigma associated with high school career and technical education pathways and the choice of high school students to pursue coursework and other educational opportunities in career and technical education and related fields such as computer science and robotics and (ii) the consolidation of the standard and advanced diplomas into a single diploma and the creation of multiple endorsements for such diploma to recognize student competencies and achievements in specific subject matter areas.