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SB 683 High school diploma; Board of Education to establish requirements thereof for students with LEP.
Introduced by: Charles J. Colgan | H. Russell Potts, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
High school diploma requirements and students with limited English proficiency. Requires the Board and Department of Education to collect certain statewide data on Virginia's public school students with limited English proficiency and school division programs for such LEP students, analyze the data, and recommend steps to resolve the issues relating to the requirements for obtaining a high school diploma and students with limited English proficiency that will retain high academic standards and accountability, while assisting such students in their endeavors to obtain an education and to become productive Virginians.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/06 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 062030716 pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 062061716-S1 pdf
- 03/06/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB683ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/12/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/20/06 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 062030716
- 01/20/06 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/09/06 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 062061716-S1
- 02/10/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/06 Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/06 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/06 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 062061716-S1
- 02/13/06 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB683S1
- 02/13/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/06 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/06 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/14/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/06 House: Read first time
- 02/14/06 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/22/06 House: Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/23/06 House: Read second time
- 02/24/06 House: Read third time
- 02/24/06 House: Passed House (92-Y 6-N)
- 02/24/06 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (92-Y 6-N)
- 03/06/06 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB683ER)
- 03/07/06 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/04/06 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 526 (effective 7/1/06)
- 04/12/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526)