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2018 SESSION
HB 1176 Public Elementary and Secondary Education, Commission on the Future of; established, report.
Introduced by: R. Steven Landes | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Commission on the Future of Public Elementary and Secondary Education established. Establishes the 20-member Commission on the Future of Public Elementary and Secondary Education (the Commission), consisting of seven members of the House Committee on Education, six members of the Senate, five nonlegislative citizen members, the Superintendent of Public Instruction or his designee, and the Secretary of Education or his designee, for the purpose of ensuring a deliberate, thoughtful, coordinated, and year-round approach to legislative education reform in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commission to (i) collaborate with the Board of Education, the Department of Education, the Standards of Learning Innovation Committee, and other interested stakeholders to study (a) the need for revisions to or reorganization of the Standards of Quality with a particular emphasis on the effective use of educational technology, (b) emerging education issues in the Commonwealth, and (c) the future of public elementary and secondary education in the Commonwealth and (ii) establish and appoint members from a variety of stakeholder organizations to subcommittees in distinct subject matter areas. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2021.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101931D
- 01/10/18 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned Rules sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/01/18 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 1-N)
- 02/13/18 House: Left in Rules