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2008 SESSION
House Education
MEMBERSHIP
Tata (Chairman), Hamilton, Landes, Lingamfelter, Rust, Fralin, Cole, Gilbert, Janis, Athey, Pogge, Massie, Loupassi, Shuler, Alexander, Ebbin, Ware, O., Shannon, McClellan, Tyler, Bulova, Morrissey
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Monday, 9:00 a.m., House Room C and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., Appropriations Room
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- HB 60 School divisions, local; requires 65% of each education dollar to be spent in classroom, report.
- HB 97 Diploma, advanced technical; Board of Education to establish requirements therefor.
- HB 107 Public schools; grade placement test.
- HB 118 Higher education; required to report to SCHEV on steps taken to ensure academic freedom, etc.
- HB 137 Textbook purchases; permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers.
- HB 150 School boards, local; safety hotline established.
- HB 165 Higher educational institutions; automatic admission to certain students.
- HB 167 Tuition, in-state; reclassification of student.
- HB 209 Standards of Quality; school board to employ school resource officer.
- HB 241 Children's teaching hospital; Board of Education to supervise programs for school-age children.
- HB 242 Standards of Learning; physical education requirements.
- HB 246 Nutrition and physical activity best practices database; Department of Education to develop.
- HB 255 School calendar; local school boards responsible for setting.
- HB 259 Students; transferring out of a public school.
- HB 273 Interscholastic activities; exclusive use of wood baseball bats.
- HB 283 Family life education; parental notification.
- HB 291 School bus stop locations; school boards to develop written plans prescribing procedure therefor.
- HB 327 Early Graduation Incentive Grant Program; established for purpose of providing grants to students.
- HB 354 Textbook purchases; Board of Education shall publish list of approved textbooks, publisher, etc.
- HB 355 General Education Development testing program; lowers age requirement.
- HB 375 School students, nonpublic; participation in interscholastic sports.
- HB 379 Public schools; permitted fees and charges.
- HB 395 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; established, report.
- HB 427 William and Mary Board of Visitors; election by alumni.
- HB 437 Public schools; composite index formula for basic state aid.
- HB 449 School boards, local; unexpended funds.
- HB 494 Project Lead the Way Launch Program; created.
- HB 506 Teaching Scholarship Loan Program; program to award scholarships to certain students.
- HB 512 Community College Scholarship Match Program; created.
- HB 513 Virginia State University; increases number of members of Board of Visitors
- HB 524 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for certain military personnel.
- HB 566 Literary Fund; distributions.
- HB 569 Registered nurse, professional; local school boards to employ.
- HB 570 Nurses, licensed; local school boards to employ.
- HB 577 Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency.
- HB 613 Teachers; must be licensed to teach in public schools.
- HB 614 Charter school, public; definition.
- HB 654 Math, Science, and Career and Technical Education Grant Program and Fund; established.
- HB 671 Parental notification; student's receipt of mental health treatment.
- HB 672 Higher educational institutions; establishing policies to provide single-sex housing to students.
- HB 722 School boards; policies for classroom placement of twins or higher order multiples.
- HB 752 Higher educational institutions; mental health record release authorization when enrolling.
- HB 759 School boards; annual report of expenditures.
- HB 767 Home instruction of children; eliminates certain requirements.
- HB 770 Public schools; establishes technology as major classification of school funds.
- HB 771 Schools, joint and regional; may request waiver from any new regulation requirements.
- HB 808 Special education services; parental consent.
- HB 809 Teachers; provisional and local eligibility licenses if military personnel.
- HB 812 Foster Care Scholarship Program and Fund; created.
- HB 863 School boards; policies regarding certain activities.
- HB 896 Students, first-time; preadmission physical examinations.
- HB 936 Composite index, local; number of students.
- HB 978 VPI & SU; Board of Visitors to convey certain property to Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc.
- HB 979 TAG; eligibility for students attending Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
- HB 980 Career coaches; Board for Community Colleges to establish guidelines for in public high schools.
- HB 987 SCHEV; creation of nonstock corporation to support academic research.
- HB 989 University of Virginia; appointment of board of visitors.
- HB 1005 Higher educational institutions; notification to parent of mental health treatment for student.
- HB 1011 Higher educational institutions; admission of in-state students.
- HB 1048 Education; computation of composite index.
- HB 1053 Standards of Quality; increased positions for students having limited English proficiency.
- HB 1058 Higher educational institutions; release of educational records.
- HB 1060 Higher educational institutions; tuition waiver for senior citizens.
- HB 1067 School employees; school board to develop policies to address complaints of sexual abuse thereby.
- HB 1094 Standards of Quality; online instructional programs.
- HB 1109 Veterans; tuition waiver for certain.
- HB 1135 Public schools; student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint.
- HB 1165 Teaching Scholarship Loan Program; expands program to include candidates pursuing.
- HB 1183 Home instruction of children; requirements.
- HB 1216 Planning time for school teachers.
- HB 1234 Standards of Learning; growth model for student academic achievement.
- HB 1242 School employees; prohibits employment if subject of a founded case of child abuse and neglect.
- HB 1251 Institutions of higher education; notification of mental health treatment.
- HB 1263 Truancy and school dropout prevention; school boards must implement programs & services to include.
- HB 1272 School boards; financial literacy education.
- HB 1373 Tuition, in-state; eligibility for Native Americans.
- HB 1403 Family life education; instruction on use of Food & Drug Administration contraception methods.
- HB 1425 No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to make recommendation in regard to participation.
- HB 1438 Richard Bland College; specified as governmental instrumentality.
- HB 1439 School employees; school board to develop policies to address complaints of sexual abuse thereby.
- HB 1440 Public school students; school board to provide program for kidney disease screening.
- HB 1481 Contractors on school property; may request waiver from disqualification of providing services.
- HB 1538 Public schools; abortion services prohibited.
- SB 44 At-risk students; local school boards may establish after school programs.
- SB 61 Nutrition and physical activity best practices database; Department of Education to develop.
- SB 98 Longwood University; increases number of members of board of visitors.
- SB 124 Public schools; Superintendent to develop guidelines eliminating trans fatty foods served.
- SB 169 Teaching Scholarship Loan Program; program to award scholarships to certain students.
- SB 219 Roanoke Higher Education Authority; removes Virginia Intermont College from Board of Trustees.
- SB 326 Career and technical education; industry certification and State licensure.
- SB 356 Textbook purchases; permits local school boards to enter into contracts with publishers.
- SB 357 Children's teaching hospital; Board of Education to supervise programs for school-age children.
- SB 376 School divisions, local; required to publish budget on website.
- SB 389 Virginia State University; increases number of members of Board of Visitors
- SB 490 No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to make recommendation regard to participation therein.
- SB 510 Higher educational institutions; policies addressing student loan vendors.
- SB 559 Composite index, local; number of students.
- SB 569 University of Virginia; appointments of board of visitors.
- SB 613 Eastern Virginia Medical School; length of term for Board of Visitors.
- SB 636 Higher educational institutions; requesting complete student record from high school.
- SB 640 Family life education; adds mental health education & awareness to list of topics to be covered.
- SB 652 Higher educational institutions; prohibits certain persons from eligibility for in-state tuition.
- SB 721 Foods in public schools; Board & Department of Health update regulations for nutrition.
- SB 746 Frontier Culture Museum; allowed to lease structures on state property, with Governor's consent.