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House Education
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- HB 8 Computers; school-based access to information infrastructure.
- HB 253 Part-time admission and enrollment of home-school students.
- HB 703 Criminal history records checks for school board employees.
- HB 744 Length of school year.
- HB 949 Voluntary, random testing of students in interscholastic athletics.
- HB 950 Testing for controlled substance and alcohol use in public schools.
- HB 1255 Powers of governing bodies of public institutions of higher education.
- HB 1261 Higher education enrollment data.
- HB 1282 Labor and employment; work-training certificates, attendance.
- HB 1465 Pupil-teacher ratios for certain classes in public schools.
- HB 1530 Student expulsion for weapons offenses; zero tolerance.
- HB 1624 Computers; school-based access to information infrastructure.
- HB 1662 Evaluation of public schools.
- HB 1740 Criminal history records check for school board employees.
- HB 1751 Charter schools.
- HB 1757 School board salaries in Goochland County.
- HB 1852 Computation of pupil-teacher ratios for special education.
- HB 1853 Remediation of certain students.
- HB 1870 Missing Children Record Flagging Act.
- HB 1884 Safety belts on public school buses.
- HB 1885 School board salaries in Chesapeake and Suffolk Cities.
- HB 1910 Criminal history records check for school board employees.
- HB 1939 Promotion of students upon academic achievement.
- HB 1941 Access of certain students to public school programs and activities.
- HB 1975 Teacher contracts.
- HB 1981 Criminal history records check for school board employees.
- HB 2018 School board salaries in Isle of Wight County and Suffolk City.
- HB 2064 Virginia School Efficiency Incentive Reward Program and Fund.
- HB 2074 Criminal history records check of school board employees.
- HB 2087 School board salaries in Powhatan County.
- HB 2166 School board salaries in County of Fairfax.
- HB 2229 Criminal history records check for school board employees.
- HB 2324 State Council of Higher Education Selection Commission.
- HB 2332 Compulsory school attendance age.
- HB 2354 Contract schools for enhanced site-based management.
- HB 2362 Parental consent for beepers on school property.
- HB 2404 Resource centers for student employment.
- HB 2437 English as the official state language and in teaching.
- HB 2553 Automatic admission to institutions of higher education.
- HB 2619 College Tuition Grant Program and Fund.
- HB 2658 Education funding; appeals of local ability to pay or composite index.
- HB 2667 Early Graduation Incentive Reward Program and Fund; created.
- HB 2712 Workforce Training Tuition Assistance Program and Fund.
- HB 2735 Requirements for high school graduation.
- HB 2750 Student election results.
- HB 2897 Qualifications for admission at Virginia Military Institute.
- HJ 545 Study; home schooling.
- HJ 603 Study; technology-literate workforce.
- HJ 650 Study; school food services and federal standards.
- HR 42 Natural parents' involvement with their children.