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HB 1675 Graduation requirements; local alternative paths to standard or verified units of credit.
Introduced by: Thomas A. "Tag" Greason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Graduation requirements; local alternative paths to standard units of credit. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing course and credit requirements for a high school diploma, to permit local school divisions to waive the requirement for students to receive 140 clock hours of instruction to earn a standard unit of credit upon providing the Board with satisfactory proof, based on Board guidelines, that the students for whom such requirements are waived have learned the content and skills included in the relevant Standards of Learning. This bill is identical to SB 982.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102642D pdf
- 01/28/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104356D-H1 pdf
- 02/05/15 House: Floor substitute printed 15104849D-H2 (Greason) pdf
- 02/19/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105302D-S1 pdf
- 02/26/15 House: Conference substitute printed 15105612D-H3 pdf
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1675ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102642D
- 01/09/15 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/16/15 House: Assigned Education sub: Education Reform
- 01/27/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/15 House: Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
- 01/28/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104356D-H1
- 01/29/15 House: Read first time
- 01/30/15 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/02/15 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/15 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/04/15 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/15 House: Floor substitute printed 15104849D-H2 (Greason)
- 02/05/15 House: Read second time
- 02/05/15 House: Committee substitute rejected 15104356D-H1
- 02/05/15 House: Substitute by Delegate Greason agreed to 15104849D-H2
- 02/05/15 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1675H2
- 02/06/15 House: Read third time and passed House (90-Y 9-N)
- 02/06/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (90-Y 9-N)
- 02/06/15 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/06/15 House: Passed House (95-Y 4-N)
- 02/06/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (95-Y 4-N)
- 02/09/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/12/15 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/19/15 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15105302D-S1
- 02/20/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/23/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15105302D-S1
- 02/23/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1675S1
- 02/23/15 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/15 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 15105302D-S1 (1-Y 98-N)
- 02/24/15 House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 98-N)
- 02/25/15 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/15 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/26/15 House: House acceded to request
- 02/26/15 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/26/15 House: Delegates: Greason, LeMunyon, Bulova
- 02/26/15 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/26/15 Senate: Senators: Garrett, Carrico, Lewis
- 02/26/15 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/26/15 House: Conference substitute printed 15105612D-H3
- 02/26/15 House: Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/15 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/15 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/15 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1675ER)
- 03/06/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
- 03/10/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/27/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 701 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/27/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701)