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SB 982 Graduation requirements; local alternative paths to standard units of credit.
Introduced by: Thomas A. Garrett | 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 HB 1675.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101034D pdf
- 01/29/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104504D-S1 pdf
- 02/18/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15105199D-H1 pdf
- 02/27/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB982ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101034D
- 01/11/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/14/15 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/29/15 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104504D-S1
- 01/30/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/15 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15104504D-S1
- 02/02/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB982S1
- 02/03/15 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/15 House: Read first time
- 02/06/15 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/11/15 House: Assigned Education sub: Education Reform
- 02/17/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/15 House: Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
- 02/18/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15105199D-H1
- 02/19/15 House: Read second time
- 02/20/15 House: Read third time
- 02/20/15 House: Committee substitute agreed to 15105199D-H1
- 02/20/15 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB982H1
- 02/20/15 House: Passed House with substitute (94-Y 2-N)
- 02/20/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 2-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: Title replaced 15105199D-H1
- 02/27/15 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/27/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB982ER)
- 02/27/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/15 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/4/15
- 03/04/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/27/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 702 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/27/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702)