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1999 SESSION
HB 2477 Standards of Quality.
Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Standards of Quality. Amends Standard 3 of the Standards of Quality, as it will become effective on July 1, 2003, to mandate that the requirements for obtaining a standard or advanced studies high school diploma must include at least two sequential electives. This bill also amends the current version and the future version of Standard 3 to provide technical amendments to correct code errors relating to the transition from the Literacy Passport Test to the Standards of Learning assessments. The Board of Education is authorized, because of recent test security issues, to pursue all available civil remedies for breaches in test security.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 999009388 pdf
- 02/08/99 House: Printed as engrossed 999009388-E pdf
- 03/04/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2477ER) pdf
- 04/07/99 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2477ER2) pdf
- 04/15/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1015) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/21/99 House: Presented & ordered printed 999009388
- 01/21/99 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/26/99 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 1
- 02/05/99 House: Reported from Education with amendments (23-Y 1-N)
- 02/06/99 House: Read first time
- 02/07/99 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/08/99 House: Read second time
- 02/08/99 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/08/99 House: Amendments by Mr. Orrock agreed to
- 02/08/99 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/08/99 House: Printed as engrossed 999009388-E
- 02/09/99 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 3-N)
- 02/09/99 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 3-N)
- 02/09/99 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/10/99 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/99 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/18/99 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/22/99 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/99 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/99 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/99 Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 2-N)
- 02/23/99 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (34-Y 2-N)
- 03/04/99 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2477ER)
- 03/12/99 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/99 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/99 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/29/99 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/07/99 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/07/99 House: House concurred in Gov. recomm. (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE-ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: Rec. of Gov's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/99 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/07/99 House: Reenrolled
- 04/07/99 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/07/99 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/07/99 House: Enacted, Chapter 1015 (effective 7/1/99)
- 04/07/99 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2477ER2)
- 04/15/99 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1015)