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2006 SESSION
House Education
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Tata (Chairman), Hamilton, Landes, Reid, Rapp, Lingamfelter, Rust, Carrico, Frederick, Fralin, Cole, Crockett-Stark, Gilbert, Lohr, Shuler, Alexander, Ward, Ebbin, Ware, O., Shannon, McClellan, Tyler
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Monday, 9:00 a.m., House Room D and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., Appropriations Room
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- HB 51 School buses; requiring safety belts.
- HB 84 School buses; requiring safety belts.
- HB 100 Driver education programs, private; certain acceptable.
- HB 107 Drug-free school zones; signage to be posted by all schools and institutions of higher education.
- HB 137 Standards of Learning; Board of Education to release assessments periodically.
- HB 163 Family life education; parent or guardian to review materials thereof.
- HB 272 Higher education; pilot program for geographical equity in admissions to institutions.
- HB 273 Teachers; increase in salaries for those in critical shortage areas.
- HB 274 School administrators; licensure not required by Board of Education.
- HB 275 Teacher internship program; Board of Education to implement for training under experienced teachers.
- HB 276 Standards of Quality; adjustments for English as second language and special education programs.
- HB 338 Public school students; annual body mass index assessments required.
- HB 391 T.C. Williams High School;opening of 2006 school year.
- HB 392 No Child Left Behind Testing; all costs incurred by localities to be paid by State.
- HB 472 Teaching Scholarship Loan Program; those teaching special education in private schools eligible.
- HB 480 Scholars Program; created.
- HB 481 School boards; required to allocate certain percentage of budget to instructional spending, report.
- HB 482 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for certain military personnel and dependents.
- HB 507 Criminal history records check; school volunteers costs shall be paid by school division or State.
- HB 537 Home schooling; strengthens requirements for parents providing.
- HB 582 Standards of Quality; changes current pupil-teacher ratio in grades K-3.
- HB 584 Education; Computation of composite index.
- HB 591 High school graduation rates; Bd. of Education to collect, analyze, etc. using standardized formula.
- HB 593 English as a Second language Grant Program; created.
- HB 702 Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; changes of titles from executive director to president.
- HB 734 Community College Transfer Grant Program Fund; created.
- HB 780 Education; expenditures and reports on instructional spending.
- HB 808 Teacher staffing ratios; to maintain use teachers may teach courses outside endorsement area.
- HB 815 Standards of Quality; modify current funding formula and calculation of composit index.
- HB 892 Higher education institutions; prohibiting admission of illegal aliens.
- HB 966 Student records; parental consent to release such information to military recruiters.
- HB 1053 Museum of Fine Arts; exempts museum from assessment and levy of service charge.
- HB 1084 Standards of Quality; average teacher salary to be competitive nationally.
- HB 1102 Community College Transfer Grant program.
- HB 1135 Tuition, in-state; educational benefits for illegal aliens military personnel and their dependants.
- HB 1137 Richard Bland College; closure.
- HB 1138 Drug use in public schools; instruction on dangers of methamphetamine and OxyContin use.
- HB 1158 Sick leave; local school boards to adopt policies for up to 12 weeks of leave without pay.
- HB 1247 Institution of Higher Education; to est. admissions policies to prohibit geographic discrimination.
- HB 1270 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for certain military personnel and dependents.
- HB 1342 College Savings Plan; deferment for military service.
- HB 1393 Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Grant Program Fund; created.
- HB 1450 Recess, daily; local school boards to prohibit denial thereof to student for disciplinary reasons.
- HB 1459 Higher educational institutions; tuition lock certificate program.
- HB 1590 Teachers; salary should equal or surpass national average for those in public schools.
- HB 1596 Higher Educational Institutions; admission of in-state students.
- SB 33 General Educational Development program; allows participation by court order.
- SB 61 Standards of Quality; support services staff ratios.
- SB 204 Character education; opportuities for voluntary participation in community service activities.
- SB 672 Compulsory school attendance; truancy and chronic tardiness.