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SB 315 Green schools program; to promote waste reduction and resource efficiency.
Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Green schools program; education programs to promote waste reduction and resource efficiency. Authorizes the Board of Education to assist local school boards in the development and implementation of programs of instruction that comply with the provisions of Standard 1 of the Standards of Quality, specifically relating to citizenship and environmental issues and geography necessary for responsible participation in American society and the international community, by cooperating with the environmental groups, other relevant state agencies, such as, but not limited to, the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health, and other stakeholders in the development of a green schools program for Virginia. Any such green schools program will focus on waste reduction through recycling and other mechanisms and educating students to help schools contain costs and to reduce waste production through resource efficiency. In the development and implementation of any such program, the Board must examine other states' green schools programs and must receive input from parents, teachers, school administrators, school boards, business and industry leaders, and local governments. The Board must also strive to identify businesses and other organizations that may provide support in the form of resources or funding for appropriate awards for any green schools program that may be implemented in the Commonwealth. This provision must not be construed to require the Board or any school board in the Commonwealth to implement a green school program or to imply or otherwise indicate that state or local funding is required to develop or implement any green school program.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 043997744 pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB315ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0882) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 043997744
- 01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/22/04 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/04 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/27/04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/04 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/04 Senate: Communicated to House
- 01/30/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/04 House: Read first time
- 01/30/04 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/25/04 House: Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/26/04 House: Read second time
- 02/27/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/01/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/02/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/03/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/04 House: Read third time
- 03/04/04 House: Defeated by House(48-Y 49-N)
- 03/04/04 House: VOTE: DEFEATED (48-Y 49-N)
- 03/04/04 House: Rec. of defeated action agreed to by House (51-Y 46-N)
- 03/04/04 House: VOTE: RECONSIDER (51-Y 46-N)
- 03/04/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/04 House: Read third time
- 03/05/04 House: Passed House (54-Y 44-N)
- 03/05/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (54-Y 44-N)
- 03/22/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB315ER)
- 03/22/04 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/24/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/15/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 882 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/22/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0882)