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2020 SESSION
SB 142 Virtual Virginia; availability to all public schools.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Virtual Virginia. Requires that the Virtual Virginia Program, the statewide electronic classroom established by the Department of Education, be made available to all public schools. Currently, the program is available only to high schools. The bill requires the Department to utilize a learning management system for the purposes of implementing Virtual Virginia. The bill also authorizes the Department to charge a per-student, per-course fee to school divisions for each student enrolled in a full-time Virtual Virginia program beyond an initial allotment of 15 such students per course, per school. The bill prohibits the Department from limiting the total number of such students by school division. The bill requires the Department to annually report on the Virtual Virginia Program to the General Assembly.
FULL TEXT
- 12/18/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101465D pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20101465D-E pdf
- 02/21/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108565D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
HISTORY
- 12/18/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101465D
- 12/18/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/09/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/09/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/04/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/20 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/06/20 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/06/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB142E
- 02/06/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20101465D-E
- 02/06/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/20 House: Read first time
- 02/12/20 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/17/20 House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/17/20 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/19/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108565D-H1
- 02/25/20 House: Read second time
- 02/26/20 House: Read third time
- 02/26/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20108565D-H1
- 02/26/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB142H1
- 02/26/20 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/02/20 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 03/03/20 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/03/20 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/04/20 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/04/20 Senate: Senators: Dunnavant, Newman, Hashmi
- 03/05/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/05/20 House: Delegates: McQuinn, Watts, Rush
- 03/12/20 Senate: No further action taken
- 03/12/20 Senate: Failed to pass in Senate