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HB 46 School Readiness Committee; Secretary of Education, et al., shall establish, increases membership.
Introduced by: Thomas A. "Tag" Greason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Secretary of Education; establishment of School Readiness Committee. Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a School Readiness Committee with the first goal of addressing the development and alignment of an effective professional development and credentialing system for the early childhood education workforce in the Commonwealth, including the (i) development of a competency-based professional development pathway for practitioners who teach children birth to age five in both public and private early childhood education programs; (ii) consideration of articulation agreements between associate and baccalaureate degree programs; (iii) refinement of teacher licensure and education programs to address competencies specific to early childhood development; (iv) alignment of existing professional development funding streams; and (v) development of innovative approaches to increasing accessibility, availability, affordability, and accountability of the Commonwealth's workforce development system for early childhood education teachers and providers.
FULL TEXT
- 11/25/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100918D pdf
- 02/10/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16103691D-H1 pdf
- 03/03/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105802D-S1 pdf
- 03/11/16 House: Conference substitute printed 16106314D-H2 pdf
- 03/25/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB46ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 11/25/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100918D
- 11/25/15 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/15/16 House: Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
- 02/09/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/16 House: Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
- 02/10/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16103691D-H1
- 02/11/16 House: Read first time
- 02/12/16 House: Read second time
- 02/12/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16103691D-H1
- 02/12/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB46H1
- 02/15/16 House: Read third time and passed House (92-Y 7-N)
- 02/15/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (92-Y 7-N)
- 02/16/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/18/16 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 03/03/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 1-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105802D-S1
- 03/04/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/04/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16105802D-S1
- 03/04/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB46S1
- 03/04/16 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/08/16 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 16105802D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
- 03/08/16 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 03/09/16 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/16 Senate: Motion to reconsider insisting on substitute agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/16 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/16 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/10/16 House: House acceded to request
- 03/10/16 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/10/16 House: Delegates: Greason, Robinson, Tyler
- 03/10/16 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/16 Senate: Senators: Carrico, Lucas, Newman
- 03/11/16 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/11/16 House: Conference substitute printed 16106314D-H2
- 03/11/16 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/11/16 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/16 House: Conference report agreed to by House (82-Y 10-N)
- 03/11/16 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (82-Y 10-N)
- 03/25/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB46ER)
- 03/25/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/28/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/28/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/28/16
- 03/28/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 04/01/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 652 (effective 7/1/16)
- 04/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0652)