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2023 SESSION
Chair: L. Louise Lucas
Clerk: Hobie Lehman, Basit Khan
Staff: J. Bergamini, J. Carlton
Date of Meeting: February 16, 2023
Time and Place: 8:30 AM (TIME CHANGE) / Senate Room A, Pocahontas Building
Patron: Anderson
Public elementary and secondary school libraries; catalog of printed and audiovisual materials; graphic sexual content; parental opt out and request for review. Requires the principal of each public elementary or secondary school or his designee to (i) maintain in an electronic spreadsheet or a substantially similar electronic format a catalog of all printed and audiovisual materials, as defined in the bill, that are contained in the school library; (ii) identify each item in such catalog by title, author, and such other identifying features or information as the principal or his designee deems appropriate; (iii) identify with a prominent notation in such catalog each item that contains graphic sexual content, as defined in the bill; (iv) make such catalog available to any parent of a student enrolled in the school; (v) permit any parent of a student enrolled in the school to restrict his child's access to any item in such catalog that is identified as containing graphic sexual content; and (vi) permit any parent of a student enrolled in the school to request a graphic sexual content review by school administrators for any item in such catalog that is not so identified.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-207.2:1.1, relating to public elementary and secondary school libraries; catalog of printed and audiovisual materials; graphic sexual content; parental opt out and request for review.23100713D
Patron: Greenhalgh
K-12 schools and institutions of higher education; designation of interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, and club athletic teams and sports based on biological sex; student participation in female teams or sports; civil cause of action. Requires each interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public elementary or secondary school or by a public institution of higher education to be expressly designated as one of the following based on biological sex: (i) males, men, or boys; (ii) females, women, or girls; or (iii) coed or mixed if participation on such team or sport is open to both (a) males, men, or boys and (b) females, women, or girls. The bill requires identification of the student's biological sex on an athletics eligibility form signed by a licensed physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant to be submitted by any such student who desires to try out for or participate in an interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport. The bill prohibits any such team or sport that is expressly designated for females, women, or girls from being open to students whose biological sex is male. The bill further prohibits any interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a public elementary or secondary school or a public institution of higher education from competing against any interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport sponsored by a private elementary or secondary school or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth unless such private school or institution complies with the applicable provisions of the bill.
The bill prohibits any government entity, licensing or accrediting organization, or athletic association or organization from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation, or taking any other adverse action against public school or institution of higher education based on a violation of the provisions of the bill and creates a cause of action for any school or institution of higher education that suffers harm as a result of a violation of the bill. Finally, the bill creates a civil cause of action for any student that suffers harm as a result of a knowing violation of a provision of the bill by a school or institution or as a result of the student's reporting a violation of a provision of the bill by a school, institution, athletic association, or organization.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-271.7 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 22.1-271.9 and 23.1-408.2, relating to K-12 schools and institutions of higher education; designation of interscholastic, intercollegiate, intramural, and club athletic teams and sports based on biological sex; identification of student's biological sex on athletic eligibility form; student participation in female teams or sports; civil cause of action.23100643D
Patron: Anderson
Administration of controlled substances for treatment of mental illness or emotional disturbance; parental consent required. Provides that a minor shall not be deemed an adult for the purpose of consenting to administration of medication for the treatment of mental illness or emotional disturbance. Currently, a minor is deemed an adult for the purpose of consenting to medical and health services needed in the case of outpatient care, treatment, or rehabilitation for mental illness or emotional disturbance.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2969 of the Code of Virginia, relating to administration of medications treatment of mental illness or emotional disturbance; parental consent required.23100047D
Patron: Tata
Board of Medicine; continuing education; human trafficking. Requires that, of the hours of continuing education required for renewal of licensure, any licensee of the Board of Medicine may be required by the Board of Medicine to complete up to two hours of continuing learning activities or courses in a specific subject area. Under the bill, if the Board of Medicine designates a subject area for continuing learning activities or courses, the first subject area shall be on the topic of human trafficking.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 29 of Title 54.1 a section numbered 54.1-2928.3, relating to Board of Medicine; continuing education requirements; human trafficking.
23104888D
Patron: Orrock
Department of Education; recommendations; model policies; selection and removal of public school library materials. Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with local school boards, public school librarians, parents of public school students, and other interested stakeholders, to make recommendations to the General Assembly, the Board of Education, and local school boards no later than September 1, 2024, on the adoption of model policies for the selection and removal of books and other audiovisual materials available to students in public school libraries.
A BILL to require the Department of Education to make recommendations on the adoption of model policies for the selection and removal of public school library materials.23101476D
Patron: Orrock
Individuals with disabilities; terminology. Replaces various instances of the terms "handicap," "handicapped," and similar variations throughout the Code of Virginia with alternative terms, as appropriate in the statutory context, such as "disability" and "impairment." The bill contains technical amendments. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Disability Commission.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-1159, 3.2-6588, 10.1-200.3, 15.2-1805, 15.2-2025, 15.2-2306, 15.2-5201, 15.2-5301, 15.2-5369, 15.2-6314.1, 20-163, 22.1-101.1, 22.1-183, 22.1-213, 22.1-214.3, 22.1-270, 22.1-290.02, 23.1-1000, 23.1-2400, 25.1-400, 29.1-314, 32.1-78, 33.2-613, 36-96.1:1, 36-98.1, 36-99, 38.2-3323, 38.2-3409, 46.2-100, 46.2-221, 46.2-844, 46.2-859, 46.2-917, 46.2-1090, 46.2-1503.2, 51.1-124.27, 51.5-40.1, 54.1-2968, 58.1-609.10, 58.1-2401, 58.1-3210, 58.1-3213.1, 58.1-3503, 58.1-3506, 58.1-3506.1, 58.1-3506.6, 58.1-3833, 58.1-3840, 58.1-4024, 63.2-100, 63.2-319, 63.2-1301, 63.2-1302, and 64.2-745 of the Code of Virginia, relating to individuals with disabilities; terminology.23102037D
Patron: Wiley
Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish, within its regulations governing student conduct, and each school board to adhere to, a uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior and the removal of a student from a class that includes, among other things, criteria for teachers to remove disruptive students from their classes, including a requirement for a teacher to remove a disruptive student from a class if the disruptive behavior is violent. The bill also requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint members to a stakeholder work group to discuss and make recommendations to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023, regarding the feasibility of implementing a uniform system of classroom discipline in public elementary and secondary schools in each local school division in the Commonwealth whereby a teacher is required to remove a student from a classroom if the student repeats or continues nonviolent disruptive behavior after the teacher provides two warnings to the student, giving due consideration to the need for appropriate exceptions for students with disabilities.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-276.01 and 22.1-276.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior; report.23104755D
Patron: Krizek
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee established. Directs the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to establish and maintain the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee to enable collaboration among prevention and treatment providers and operators of legal gaming in the Commonwealth on efforts to reduce the negative effects of problem gambling.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 37.2-304, 58.1-4006, and 59.1-369 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee established.23101151D
Patron: McGuire
Public elementary and secondary schools; fundamental right of parents. Requires each school board and employee and agent thereof to seek to ensure that the fundamental right of parents in the care and upbringing of their children is recognized and protected and also requires each local school board to provide opportunities for parental involvement in several ways, including providing to parents of students enrolled in the local school division direct access to and an opportunity to review, within a reasonable period of time after the parent so requests, the complete curricular content in the local school division and the option to opt out of policies, surveys, research studies, or programs of instruction and instructional material that are inconsistent with the parent's beliefs, values, or goals and standards for his child.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-279.3 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-2.01, relating to public elementary and secondary schools; fundamental right of parents.23105047D
Patron: Brewer
Employment of K-9 Detection Teams in public schools permitted. Permits any school board to employ or hire on a contract basis in any public elementary or secondary school in the local school division a full-time or part-time K-9 Detection Team, defined in the bill as a safety assessment team that (i) consists of a canine and a canine handler who are trained specifically to detect explosives, firearms, narcotics, and tobacco products and nicotine vapor products, as those terms are defined in relevant law, and (ii) is employed by a school board or hired by a school board on a contract basis to provide such detection services in public elementary and secondary schools in the local school division pursuant to a contract with an entity that is approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to train canines and canine handlers to provide such detection services.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-280.2:5, relating to K-9 Detection Teams; permitted in public schools.23105375D
Patron: Wright
Health regulatory boards; delegation of authority to conduct informal fact-finding proceedings. Removes the requirement that a health regulatory board receive information that a practitioner may be subject to a disciplinary action in order for the board to delegate to an appropriately qualified agency subordinate the authority to conduct informal fact-finding proceedings.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia, relating to health regulatory boards; delegation of authority to conduct informal fact-finding proceedings.23100982D
Patron: Ballard
Department of Veterans Services; mental health and rehabilitative services; Military Spouse Liaison. Adds military service members transitioning from military to civilian life to the list of persons supported by the program for mental health and rehabilitative services administered by the Department of Veterans Services. The bill requires the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans Services to include in the Department's annual report data related to such transitioning service members and an overview of the activities of the Military Spouse Liaison, including any legislative recommendations.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-2001.1, 2.2-2002.2, and 2.2-2004 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Department of Veterans Services; mental health and rehabilitative services; Military Spouse Liaison.23101354D
Patron: Robinson
Long-term services and supports screening; screening after admission; coverage of institutional long-term services and supports. Provides that if an individual is admitted to a skilled nursing facility for skilled nursing services and such individual was not screened but is subsequently determined to have been required to be screened prior to admission to the skilled nursing facility, then the screening may be conducted after admission. Under the bill, coverage of institutional long-term services and supports by the Commonwealth for such patients who have not been prescreened shall not begin until six months after the initial admission to the skilled nursing facility. During this six-month period, the nursing home in which the individual resides shall be responsible for all costs indicated for institutional long-term services and supports, without accessing the patient's funds. The bill provides that if sufficient evidence indicates that the admission without screening was of no fault of the skilled nursing facility, the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall begin coverage of institutional long-term services and supports immediately upon the completion of the functional screening indicating skilled nursing facility level of care pending the financial eligibility determination.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-330 of the Code of Virginia, relating to long-term services and supports screening; screening after admission; coverage of institutional long-term services and supports.23105220D
Patron: Greenhalgh
Patient visitation; visitation from clergy members. Requires hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities to allow patients to receive visits from clergy members during a declared public health emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, unless the hospital, nursing home, or certified nursing facility demonstrates that it is unable to reasonably accommodate the visits without undue hardship on the facility. Under the bill, the hospital, nursing home, or certified nursing facility may restrict visits of a clergy member who fails a health screening measure or tests positive for a communicable disease of public health threat. If the hospital, nursing home, or certified nursing facility establishes a protocol restricting the total number of individuals permitted to visit a patient, clergy members shall not be counted toward that total number. The bill provides immunity for hospitals, nursing homes, and certified nursing facilities and their employees and contractors from liability for injury or death due to exposure to a communicable disease of public health threat resulting from or related to such visitation, except in limited circumstances.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to patient visitation; visitation from clergy members.23105528D
Patron: Bell
Parental access to minor's medical records. Prohibits denial of parental access to the medical records of such parent's minor child, unless federal law requires the minor child's consent.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2969 of the Code of Virginia, relating to parental access to minor's medical records.23103794D
Patron: Head
Department of Education; Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, and high school diplomas. Requires the Department of Education to authorize a Virginia-based nonprofit organization with demonstrated evidence of positive student outcomes to provide schools for adults to earn (i) (a) an industry-recognized credential or (b) dual college credit and (ii) a high school diploma on one or more diploma pathways set forth in the relevant Board of Education regulation in which enrollment is open, on a space-available basis, to adults who reside throughout the Commonwealth.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-225.1, relating to Department of Education; Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials, college credit, and high school diplomas.23100892D
Patron: Head
Telemedicine. Allows a patient located in the Commonwealth who is seeking continuity of care through telemedicine services from a practitioner licensed in another state or the District of Columbia with whom the patient has previously established a practitioner-patient relationship, if such practitioner is unavailable, to see another practitioner of the same subspecialty at the same group practice with access to the patient's treatment history for continuity of care via telemedicine services until the practitioner with whom the patient has previously established a practitioner-patient relationship becomes available.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2901 of the Code of Virginia, relating to telemedicine.23105193D
Patron: Reid
School boards; Teacher Reengagement Program established. Establishes the Teacher Reengagement Program for the purpose of addressing instructional personnel shortages and COVID-19 pandemic-related student learning loss. The bill permits any school board to hire an individual pursuant to the Program, subject to the following conditions and limitations: (i) the individual works on a part-time basis; (ii) the individual is compensated with part-time pay, with any health, dental, and vision insurance coverage that is available to full-time school board employees, or with some combination of such pay and coverage; (iii) in the case of an individual who holds a renewable or provisional teaching license issued by the Board of Education, the individual's duties consist of teaching students, providing one-on-one tutoring services to students, or mentoring teachers, or some combination thereof; (iv) in the case of an individual who does not hold a renewable or provisional teaching license issued by the Board, the individual has professional experience or expertise in a certain subject matter area and the individual's duties consist of providing one-on-one tutoring services to students in such subject matter area; and (v) the individual complies with all laws, regulations, and school board policies and procedures applicable to part-time school board employees. The bill requires any school board that hires any part-time employee pursuant to the Program to annually report to the Department of Education such data on the implementation of the Program that the Department deems necessary to evaluate its continued effectiveness at addressing instructional personnel shortages and student learning loss. The foregoing provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2028. The bill requires the Department to submit to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2027, its recommendation for preserving, extending, or eliminating such expiration date.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-290.3, relating to school boards; Teacher Reengagement Program established.23102153D
Patron: O'Quinn
Nuclear Education Grant Fund and Program established. Establishes the Nuclear Education Grant Fund and Program, to be administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to any public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth that seeks to establish or expand a nuclear education program, defined in the bill as an instructional program that leads to a degree or credential that specifically supports the nuclear power industry, including nuclear engineering and nuclear welding. The bill permits the Council to establish such rules, policies, and procedures as it deems necessary for the administration of the Program, including rules, policies, and procedures for Program applications and grant awards.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 23.1 a section numbered 23.1-212.1, relating to Nuclear Education Grant Fund and Program established.23102502D
Patron: Freitas
Abortion; born alive infant; treatment and care; penalty. Requires every health care provider licensed by the Board of Medicine who attempts to terminate a pregnancy to (i) exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life and health of a human infant who has been born alive following such attempt as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age and (ii) take all reasonable steps to ensure the immediate transfer of the infant who has been born alive to a hospital for further medical care. A health care provider who fails to comply with the requirements of the bill is guilty of a Class 4 felony and may be subject to disciplinary action by the Board of Medicine. The bill also requires every hospital licensed by the Department of Health to establish a protocol for the treatment and care of a human infant who has been born alive following an attempt to terminate a pregnancy and for the immediate reporting to law enforcement of any failure to provide such required treatment and care.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 32.1-127 and 54.1-2915 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 9 of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-76.3, relating to abortion; born alive infant; treatment and care; penalty.23100175D
Patron: Freitas
Public institutions of higher education; transparency. Imposes several requirements on governing boards of public institutions of higher education relating to transparency, including requirements to (i) report by September 1 of each year to the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and on Education and Health (a) the number of executive staff members, including all administrative staff directly reporting to the chief executive officer of such institution, employed by such institution or any educational foundation associated with such institution and the salary and compensation of each such executive staff member and (b) the total value of any contract with any outside individual or entity to provide lobbying services for the institution; (ii) record video of each meeting of the full board and its committees and make publicly available on the institution's website in a position of prominence a link that permits any member of the public to livestream each meeting of the full board and its committees and, within 10 business days after the date of any meeting of the full board or any of its committees, view video recordings for each such meeting; and (iii) prior to any vote to enter into or renew a contract for the employment of the chief executive officer of the institution, hold a public meeting to provide an opportunity for written, virtual, and in-person public comment on such contract at least 120 days prior to any such meeting at which it will vote to enter into or renew such contract and provide notice of such public meeting in accordance with relevant law. The bill also requires each public institution of higher education to make publicly available on the institution's website in a position of prominence and present annually to the governing board of the institution an annual report regarding foundations associated with the institution setting forth foundation expenses that includes the percentage of expenditures used for government relations and lobbying activities and compensation of the chief executive officer and the total expenditures used for executive or administrative compensation for each department.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 23.1-102.1, 23.1-108, and 23.1-1303 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public institutions of higher education; transparency.23104711D
Patron: Freitas
Public elementary and secondary schools; certain opportunities for parental involvement. Requires the opportunities for parental involvement required to be provided by each school board to include the opportunity for parents of students enrolled in the local school division to receive advance written or electronic notification of and opt their child out of any speech, presentation, or performance in the relevant school by any outside individual or entity.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-279.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public elementary and secondary schools; certain opportunities for parental involvement.23102497D
Patron: Wachsmann
Prescription Monitoring Program; exemptions; licensed narcotic maintenance treatment programs. Removes dispensing of covered substances within a licensed narcotic maintenance treatment program from the list of circumstances exempt from reporting requirements of the Prescription Monitoring Program. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2521 and 54.1-2522 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Prescription Monitoring Program; exemptions; licensed narcotic maintenance treatment programs.23103952D
Patron: Avoli
Dangers and victims of communism; recognition; Standards of Learning and programs of instruction. Requires the Governor to annually issue a proclamation setting the seventh day of November as Victims of Communism Day and requiring such day to be suitably observed in each public elementary and secondary school in the Commonwealth as a day honoring the approximately 100 million individuals who have fallen victim to communist regimes around the world and to be suitably observed by a public exercise in the Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor may designate in such proclamation. The bill also requires the Board of Education to include in the history and social science Standards of Learning and each school board to emphasize in its Standards-aligned program of instruction the study of the dangers of communism.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:1, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2.2-3320.1, relating to dangers and victims of communism; recognition; Standards of Learning and programs of instruction.23102396D
Patron: Avoli
Virtual school programs; virtual through-year growth assessment administration. Permits, subject to certain enumerated conditions, any student enrolled in a virtual school program to take any beginning-of-year or mid-year growth assessment required pursuant to relevant law in a virtual setting that best meets the educational needs of the student.
A BILL to require the virtual administration of certain through-year growth assessments for students enrolled in certain virtual school programs.23106034D
Patron: Walker
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids. Clarifies that licensure by the Board for Hearing Aid Specialists and Opticians is not required for a corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other like organization engaged in the business of selling prescription hearing aids, defined in the bill as a hearing aid that is not an over-the-counter hearing aid, provided that it employs only licensed practitioners in the direct sale and fitting of prescription hearing aids.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-1500, 54.1-1501, 54.1-1504, and 54.1-1505 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; over-the-counter and prescription hearing aids.23104156D
Patron: Helmer
Institutions of higher education; immunity from disciplinary action in certain cases involving a good faith report of an act of sexual violence. Removes the exemption of the Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors from the requirement to include in its policy, code, rules, or set of standards governing sexual violence a provision for immunity from disciplinary action for certain individuals who make good faith reports of acts of sexual violence but permits Virginia Military Institute to include a provision stipulating that in the event that a cadet discloses personal consumption of drugs or alcohol in conjunction with a good faith report of an act of sexual violence and the superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute determines that such cadet's personal consumption of drugs or alcohol constitutes a threat to the cadet's well-being or the well-being of others, the superintendent may require such cadet to attend drug or substance use disorder counseling. The bill also requires the governing board of each public and nonprofit private institution of higher education to extend such provision of disciplinary immunity to disclosures of curfew violation where such disclosure is made in conjunction with a good faith report of an act of sexual violence. Under current law, such boards are only required to include a provision for disciplinary immunity from disclosures of personal consumption of drugs or alcohol made in conjunction with a good faith report of an act of sexual violence.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 23.1-808 of the Code of Virginia, relating to institutions of higher education; immunity from disciplinary action in certain cases involving a good faith report of an act of sexual violence.23105038D
Patron: Wampler
Standards of Learning assessment revision work group; consideration of effectiveness of assessments for students with disabilities. Requires the work group established by the Secretary of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to study and develop a plan relating to revisions to Standards of Learning assessments to consider the effectiveness of assessments for students with disabilities, including the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program for those students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, and the use of those assessments to improve and individualize instruction.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 760 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022, relating to Department of Education; Standards of Learning assessment revision work group; consideration of effectiveness of assessments for students with disabilities.23106386D
Patron: Walker
School boards; websites; posting of certain information required. Requires, prior to the start of each school year, each school board to post on its website in a prominent location and in a format that is easily accessible to the public (i) a list of each textbook to be used in any elementary or secondary school in the local school division during that school year and (ii) the Standards of Learning and any associated curriculum framework that correlate with any course or class to be offered in any elementary or secondary school in the local school division during that school year or a link to another source that contains such information.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-243.1, relating to school boards; websites; posting of certain information required.23101817D
Patron: Hope
Provisional licenses issued to providers of behavioral health and developmental services; notice requirement; waiver of appeal right by consent agreement. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to direct any provider who is issued a provisional license to review all pertinent state and federal regulations and other contractual agents with payor sources to determine any limitations that may be placed on such provider by any other agency of the Commonwealth, including restrictions on reimbursement that may be imposed by the Department of Medical Assistance Services. The bill requires that a consent agreement signed by such provider waiving his right to appeal a provisional license issuance decision shall direct the provider to review all pertinent state and federal regulations and contractual agents to determine any restrictions on reimbursement that may be imposed by other state agencies or payor sources and that a copy of the signed consent agreement be provided to the Department of Medical Assistances Services.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 37.2-415 of the Code of Virginia, relating to provisional licenses for providers of behavioral health and developmental services; notice requirement; waiver of appeal right by consent agreement.23100684D
Patron: Batten
Public elementary and secondary schools; establishment of opportunity classrooms. Provides that, subject to school board or school administration approval, each local school board shall enter into an agreement to establish an opportunity classroom, or a classroom in which an alternative curriculum is offered, with a requesting party if such party represents more than 20 students and permits such local school board to enter into such an agreement if such requesting party represents fewer than 20 students. The bill provides that a "requesting party" includes (i) a public elementary or secondary school teacher or a group of such teachers in a local school division or (ii) a parent whose child attends a public elementary or secondary school or group of such parents, with the involvement of at least one teacher employed in such local school division. Finally, the bill delineates requirements for such agreements to establish opportunity classrooms relating to funding for classroom instruction and services, provision of transportation for students enrolled in an opportunity classroom, and assessments and standards of evaluation for students enrolled in an opportunity classroom. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 13 of Title 22.1 an article numbered 1.6, consisting of sections numbered 22.1-212.33 and 22.1-212.34, relating to public elementary and secondary schools; establishment of opportunity classrooms.23100845D
Patron: Durant
School bus operators; training; remote online and Spanish language options. Permits the training program developed by the Board of Education for school bus operators to offer the option for an applicant for employment as a school bus operator to (i) except as otherwise provided in relevant law, complete all or any portion of the required hours of classroom training in a remote online format, as determined by the local school division and (ii) receive instruction in the Spanish language for all or any portion of the required hours of classroom training, as determined by the local school division.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-181 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school bus operators; training; remote online and Spanish language options.23101359D
Patron: Durant
Educational opportunities for children of certain foreign service employees and civilian employees of the Armed Forces of the United States. Requires the provisions of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to apply to school-age children who are dependents of foreign service employees and civilian members of the Armed Forces of the United States under federal orders when the parent produces documentation indicating that he is required to move in order to perform his job responsibilities and such move results in the student's intrastate, interstate, or overseas relocation, including any such relocation that results in the student attending a Department of Defense Education Activity school. The bill requires any such student who is in the eighth grade to be permitted to apply for admission to an academic year Governor's school in the same manner as an eighth grade student to whom the provisions of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children apply.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 22.1 a section numbered 22.1-7.3, relating to educational opportunities for children of certain foreign service employees and civilian employees of the Armed Forces of the United States.23101375D
Patron: Durant
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; data reporting on children and adolescents; reporting requirements. Removes the requirement that the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services collect certain data relating to children and adolescents from each community policy and management team and each community services board or behavioral health authority.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-5206, 37.2-308, and 37.2-605 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 37.2-507 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; data reporting on children and adolescents; reporting requirements.23105410D
Patron: Wachsmann
Behavior analysts; assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria; certifying entities. Provides in the criteria for licensure as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst established by the Board of Medicine that certain documentation must be provided by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board or its successor. Under current law, such documentation must be provided by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board or any other entity that is nationally accredited to certify practitioners of behavior analysis.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2957.16 of the Code of Virginia, relating to behavior analysts; assistant behavior analysts; licensure criteria; certifying entities.23102108D
Patron: Hodges
Pharmacies; reporting of processing delays impacting patient safety; centralized or remote processing of prescriptions. Requires that a pharmacy that, on average, during any one-week period is unable to process a prescription within two days of receipt of such prescription shall report the prescription backlog to the Board of Pharmacy (the Board). The bill requires any pharmacy making such report to submit a corrective action plan detailing its staffing, workflow, technology, and patient communication strategies to address the prescription backlog. The bill permits the Board to (i) investigate any reported or suspected backlog; (ii) accept, amend, or reject a corrective action plan; and (iii) impose disciplinary action against the pharmacy permit for failure to comply with this section. Additionally, the bill allows pharmacies to perform centralized or remote processing of prescriptions in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations within 280 days of enactment.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 54.1 sections numbered 54.1-3434.06 and 54.1-3434.07, relating to pharmacies; reporting of processing delays impacting patient safety; centralized or remote processing of prescriptions.23103915D
Patron: Runion
Department of Medical Assistance Services; services for individuals with developmental disabilities; financial flexibility; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to take steps to amend the Family and Individual Supports, Community Living, and Building Independence waivers to provide greater financial flexibility to individuals with developmental disabilities who are receiving waiver services. The bill requires the Department to report on its progress to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2023.
A BILL to require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to take steps to amend certain waivers providing services for individuals with developmental disabilities to provide greater financial flexibility for certain services; report.
23104079D
Patron: Roem
School boards; back to school night events; free or reduced price meals applications. Requires each school board to ensure that at any back to school night event in the local school division to which the parents of enrolled students are invited, any such parent in attendance receives prominent notification of and access, in paper or electronic form, or both, to information about application and eligibility for free or reduced price meals for students and a fillable free or reduced price meals application that may be completed and submitted on site.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-79 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school boards; back to school night events and parent-teacher conferences; free or reduced price meals applications.23105323D
Patron: Ballard
School boards; nonresident student enrollment policies; work group; report. Requires any school board that accepts for enrollment students who reside outside of the local school division to establish and make available to the public policies or regulations that include considerations for the eligibility for such nonresident student enrollment, application procedures and timelines, and a transparent and fair method to address enrollment requests beyond capacity. The bill requires the Department of Education to compile and post publicly and prominently on its website a database of each such set of school board policies or regulations. The bill requires the Secretary of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to issue recommendations no later than October 1, 2023, to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on the implementation of tuition-free nonresident student enrollment in the Commonwealth.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-5, 22.1-7.1, and 22.1-7.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school boards; policies or regulations for the enrollment of nonresident students; work group; report.23106231D
Patron: Sewell
Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact. The Compact increases public access to audiology and speech-language pathology services by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses for such services. The Compact has been enacted in 23 states and the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Compact Commission is currently preparing rules and bylaws in order for the member states to be fully integrated in the Compact's data system.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 26 of Title 54.1 an article numbered 2, consisting of sections numbered 54.1-2606 through 54.1-2619, relating to Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact.23103190D
Patron: Delaney
School boards; divisionwide literacy plans; contents; posting. Requires each divisionwide literacy plan to be submitted to the Department of Education and to identify which core literacy curricula, supplemental instructional practices and programs, and intervention programs from the list developed by the Department or alternative programs approved by the Department that consist of evidence-based literacy instruction and align with science-based reading research will be used in each grade level, kindergarten through 12, at each of the schools within such school division. The bill requires each local school board to post, maintain, and update as necessary on such school board's website a copy of its divisionwide literacy plan and the job description and contact information for any reading specialist employed by such school division pursuant to relevant law and for any dyslexia specialist employed by such school division. The bill requires the Department to post each divisionwide literacy plan on its website.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:6, as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to school boards; divisionwide literacy plans; contents; posting.23105942D
Patron: Delaney
Prescription refills; insulin; authority of pharmacists to refill prescriptions. Allows pharmacists to refill prescriptions for insulin without authorization from the prescriber in emergencies.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3411 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prescription refills; insulin; authority of pharmacists to refill prescriptions.23104600D
Patron: Fariss
Department of Medical Assistance Services; compliance with certain federal requirements; work group; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to evaluate its ability to comply with certain federal requirements regarding the Commonwealth's right of recovery from insurance carriers for items or services for which payment was made under the state plan for medical assistance services by the effective compliance date of July 1, 2024, and to convene a work group to develop a communication plan to notify carriers of the changes required by such federal law. The bill directs the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2023.
A BILL to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services to evaluate its ability to comply with certain federal requirements; report.23105584D
Patron: Sickles
Rights of persons with disabilities; definitions; mobility-impaired person. Removes from the definition of "mobility-impaired person" the requirement that such person complete training to use a dog for service or support as a prerequisite to invoking the rights of persons with disabilities under Chapter 9 (§ 51.5-40 et seq.) of Title 51.5.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 51.5-40.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to rights of persons with disabilities; definitions; mobility-impaired person.23100729D
Patron: Sickles
Bedding and upholstered furniture; exemption from regulation. Exempts from the Board of Health regulations governing bedding and upholstered furniture any items of bedding or upholstered furniture that are 75 years old or older.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-225 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bedding and upholstered furniture; exemption from regulation.23100988D
Patron: Rasoul
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Catawba Hospital; substance abuse treatment and recovery services. Directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to transform Catawba Hospital into a state-of-the-art facility at which a continuum of substance abuse treatment and recovery services is provided in addition to the array of behavioral health and other services currently provided to geriatric individuals in need of mental health care.
A BILL to direct the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to transform Catawba Hospital into a facility at which a continuum of substance abuse treatment and recovery services is provided; report.23104206D
Patron: Tran
Graduates of foreign nursing education programs; licensure requirements. Requires that applicants for licensure to practice professional nursing who are graduates of a nursing education program in a foreign country have (i) graduated or be eligible to graduate from a licensing board-approved RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program or have graduated from an approved foreign RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program and (ii) if a graduate of a foreign RN or LPN/VN prelicensure education program not taught in English or if English is not the applicant's native language, successfully passed an English proficiency examination. The bill requires the Board of Nursing to (a) identify multiple approved entities to provide language examinations and multiple approved entities to evaluate and verify credentials earned from a nursing education program in a foreign country and (b) make the list of approved entities publicly available on the Board of Nursing website.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3017 of the Code of Virginia, relating to graduates of foreign nursing education programs; licensure requirements.23105520D
Patron: Hayes
Surgical technologists and surgical assistants; practice prior to certification. Allows surgical technologists and surgical assistants who have successfully completed an accredited surgical technologist training program or surgical assistant training program to practice under certain conditions prior to certification or licensure, respectively. The bill allows such person to practice as a surgical technologist with the title "surgical technologist, certificate applicant" until he has received a failing score on any examination for national certification or six months from the date of program completion, whichever occurs sooner. The bill allows such person to practice as a surgical assistant with the title "surgical assistant, license applicant" until he has received a failing score on the national certification examination or six months from the date of graduation, whichever occurs sooner.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-2956.12 and 54.1-2956.13 of the Code of Virginia, relating to surgical technologists and surgical assistants; practice prior to certification or licensure.23101446D
Patron: Greenhalgh
Certain federal pandemic relief funds for public education; certain conditions. Requires any local school division that, as of July 1, 2023, has available and unspent or unobligated federal ESSER formula funds exceeding 20 percent of its total awarded allocations to return unspent or unobligated ESSER or GEER state set-aside funds awarded to the local school division by the Virginia Department of Education (the Department) to the Department no later than July 15, 2023, unless precluded by federal law or regulation. The bill requires the Department to subsequently expend, including through awarding such funds to local school divisions, any such returned ESSER or GEER state set-aside funds for student instruction and remediation. The bill also requires each local school division to obtain the approval of the local school board for its federal ESSER III spending plan, update such spending plan at least once every six months, and publish such spending plan in an accessible format on a publicly available website.
A BILL to place certain conditions on certain federal pandemic relief funds for public education.23105288D
Patron: Greenhalgh
Provision of abortion; right to informed consent. Requires physicians and authorized nurse practitioners to follow certain procedures and processes to effect a pregnant woman's informed written consent prior to the performance of an abortion.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-77 and 18.2-76 of the Code of Virginia, relating to provision of abortion; right to informed consent.23105821D
Patron: Cherry
Flexibility in tuition charges for certain non-Virginia students at certain public institutions of higher education. Provides that certain requirements in the general appropriation act relating to the tuition and mandatory fees charged to non-Virginia students enrolled at public institutions of higher education are waived in relation to any non-Virginia undergraduate student who has completed 30 credit hours of coursework and who is enrolled in a data science and technology, science and engineering, health care, or education program at Norfolk State University, Virginia State University, or any public institution of higher education at which the proportion of full-time equivalent undergraduate non-Virginia student enrollment is less than 20 percent.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 23.1-507.1, relating to tuition charges for certain non-Virginia students at certain public institutions of higher education; flexibility.23105991D
Patron: Wiley
Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals; membership. Removes from the membership of the Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals a faculty member of a public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth whose principal field of teaching is management or operation of waterworks or wastewater works and adds to the Board's membership a local or regional representative of the Department of Health.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-2301 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals; membership.23101257D
Patron: Freitas
Immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health; religious exception. Exempts a person, including a parent or guardian on behalf of a child, who objects to administration of a vaccine on religious grounds from mandatory immunization requirements issued by the Commissioner of Health during an epidemic. Currently, exemption from mandatory immunization requirements during an epidemic is available only to those persons to whose health the administration of the vaccine would be detrimental, as certified in writing by a licensed physician.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-48 of the Code of Virginia, relating to immunizations; authority of the Commissioner of Health; religious exception.23103428D
Patron: Head
Criminal history record information; dissemination. Allows criminal history record information to be disseminated to the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services or his designee for individuals who are being evaluated by the Commissioner to determine the individual's sanity at the time of a criminal offense or capacity to stand trial for the purpose of placement, evaluation, treatment, or discharge planning.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 19.2-389 of the Code of Virginia, relating to criminal history record information; dissemination.23105281D
Patron: Davis
Board of Education; high school graduation; alternative pathways to the advanced studies diploma and associated diploma seals. Directs the Board of Education to establish two pathways to the advanced studies high school diploma, and associated diploma seals for students who successfully follow and demonstrate excellence on such pathways: one pathway that requires advanced coursework in a career and technical education field but does not require coursework in world language and another pathway that requires advanced coursework in world language but does not require coursework in a career and technical education field. The bill requires such pathways and associated diploma seals to become effective for the 2024-2025 school year and to be available to any student, regardless of the school year during which the student enters ninth grade.
A BILL to require the Board of Education to establish multiple pathways to the advanced studies diploma and associated diploma seals.23104074D
Patron: Campbell, E.H.
Background checks; services for children and developmental services; adult substance abuse and mental health services. Separates background check requirements for direct care positions with service providers and community boards. The bill separates provisions regarding background checks of employees in direct care positions providing adult substance abuse and mental health services from those of background checks of employees in direct care positions providing services for children and developmental services.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 19.2-389, 37.2-203.1, 37.2-416, 37.2-506, and 37.2-607 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 37.2-416.1 and 37.2-506.1, relating to background checks; services for children and developmental services; adult substance abuse and mental health services.23101521D
Patron: Head
smartCHaRt network Program. Renames the Emergency Department Care Coordination Program as the Smartchart Network Program and expands the Program to allow participation by all health care providers, insurance carriers, and other organizations with a treatment, payment, or operations relationship with a patient in the Commonwealth to facilitate real-time communication and collaboration. Under current law, participation is limited to hospital emergency departments. The bill makes several other modifications to the Program, including adding a requirement that the Program allow health care providers, health care entities, and insurance carriers to access information necessary to evaluate and monitor the care and treatment of a patient in accordance with applicable patient privacy and security requirements and adding a requirement that such entities continue to improve care coordination in hospital emergency departments in order to reduce the frequency of visits by high-volume emergency department utilizers. The bill also directs the State Health Commissioner and the Director of the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to study and establish a plan to develop and implement a system to share information regarding a patient's prescription history and medication reconciliation. The bill requires the Commissioner and the Director to report their findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Joint Commission on Health Care, Senate Committee on Education and Health, and House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions by October 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill other than creation of the work group have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2024.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3705.5, 32.1-372, 54.1-2523, and 54.1-2525 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Smartchart Network Program.23103961D
Patron: Durant
Employment of school protection officers in public schools. Permits any local law-enforcement agency to employ in any public elementary or secondary school in the local school division, pursuant to an agreement with the local school board, a school protection officer, defined in the bill as a retired law-enforcement officer hired by the local law-enforcement agency on a part-time basis to provide limited law-enforcement and security services to public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth. The bill requires each such school board and local law-enforcement agency to enter into a memorandum of understanding that sets forth the powers and duties of school protection officers. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish compulsory training standards for school protection officers and requires the collection of certain data relating to the activities of such officers.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 9.1-101, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 9.1-102, 9.1-114.1, 9.1-184, 22.1-279.10, and 22.1-280.2:3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to employment of school protection officers in public schools.
23103579D
Patron: Fariss
Practice of physical therapy. Eliminates the requirement that treatment by a licensed physical therapist for more than 60 consecutive days after evaluation of the patient occurs only upon the referral and direction of a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, podiatry, or dental surgery, a licensed nurse practitioner, or a licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician. The bill also allows licensed physical therapists to practice dry needling without a referral if they are licensed to practice dry needling. Additionally, the bill clarifies that a licensed physical therapist may provide, without referral or supervision, physical therapy services to infants and toddlers who require physical therapy services to fulfill the provisions of their individualized services plans and students with disabilities who require physical therapy services to fulfill the provisions of their individualized education plans or physical therapy services provided under § 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The bill directs the Board of Physical Therapy to report, by December 1, 2024, to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions a summary of disciplinary actions taken against physical therapists whose conduct resulted in physical harm to a patient when such patient received dry needling treatment or more than 60 consecutive days of physical therapy treatment without a physician referral.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3482 of the Code of Virginia, relating to practice of physical therapy.23103894D
Patron: Wachsmann
Drug Control Act; Schedule I. Adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 54.1-3446 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Drug Control Act; Schedule I.23104328D
Patron: Davis
Prescriptions; telemedicine; refusal to fill prescription from telemedicine provider; prohibition. Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to fill prescriptions solely on the basis of a prescriber's use of a telemedicine platform to provide services.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3420.3, relating to prescriptions; telemedicine; refusal to fill prescription from telemedicine provider; prohibition.23105186D
Patron: Ware
High school graduation requirements; passing score on select questions from the U.S. Naturalization Test. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to require, except in the case of a high school student whose individualized education program indicates otherwise, each high school student to take and correctly answer at least 70 percent of the questions on a test composed of at least 50 but not more than 60 of the questions on the civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test in order to graduate high school with a standard or advanced studies diploma, provided that such student may take such test at any time during grades nine through 12 and as many times during such period as necessary to achieve the minimum 70 percent passing score.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-253.13:4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to high school graduation requirements; passing score on select questions from the U.S. Naturalization Test.23103621D
Patron: LaRock
Sage's Law; Minors and students self-identifying as a gender different from biological sex; counseling; parental notification; parental care. Requires any person licensed as administrative or instructional personnel by the Board of Education and employed by a local school board who, in the scope of his employment, has reason to believe, as a result of direct communication from a student, that such student is self-identifying as a gender different from the student's biological sex to contact as soon as practicable at least one of such student's parents to ask whether such parent is aware of the student's mental state and whether the parent wishes to obtain or has already obtained counseling for such student. The bill requires the Board of Education to include in its guidelines for making such contact criteria to assess whether students have begun to self-identify as a gender different from their biological sex and criteria for notification of and discussions with parents of students self-identifying as a gender different from their biological sex. The bill also prohibits any licensed school counselor, professional counselor, clinical social worker, or psychologist or other counseling personnel in any school division from (i) encouraging or coercing a minor to withhold from the minor's parent the fact that the minor's perception of his or her gender or sex is inconsistent with the minor's biological sex or (ii) withholding from a minor's parent information relating to the minor's perception that his or her gender or sex is inconsistent with the minor's biological sex. Finally, the bill clarifies, in the definition of the term "abused or neglected child," that in no event shall referring to and raising the child in a manner consistent with the child's biological sex, including related mental health or medical decisions, be considered abuse or neglect.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 63.2-100 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-273.5, relating to minor students experiencing gender incongruence; parental notification of certain expressions and requests and parental permission for certain plans required; parental care.23106311D
Patron: Davis
Division laboratory schools; application and establishment; Laboratory School Fund established. Provides a framework for the application for and establishment of a division laboratory school as a public, nonreligious, or non-home-based alternative school located within a local school division that is created as a new public school or through the conversion of all or part of an existing public school and is subject to the student assessment and accountability requirements applicable to other public schools in the Commonwealth. The bill exempts division laboratory schools from certain laws that govern other public schools in the Commonwealth and permits such schools to operate free from specified school division policies and state regulations and be granted flexibility in school scheduling. Finally, the bill establishes the Laboratory School Fund to be used for the purposes of establishing or supporting college partnership laboratory schools and division laboratory schools.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 22.1-349.1 and 22.1-349.5 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 19.1 of Title 22.1 an article numbered 2, consisting of sections numbered 22.1-349.12 through 22.1-349.24, and an article numbered 3, consisting of a section numbered 22.1-349.25; and to repeal § 22.1-349.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to laboratory schools; application and establishment.23106292D
Patron: Durant
Establishment of Middle School Mathematics Innovation Zone Program. Establishes the Middle School Mathematics Innovation Zone Program, to be administered by the Department of Education, for the purpose of assisting local school divisions to implement competency-based mathematics education and evidence-based mathematics learning models in grades six, seven, and eight in partnership with technical assistance providers and other approved providers, with preference to be given to public middle schools that demonstrate need based on data from the immediately preceding school year on the grades five, six, and seven mathematics Standards of Learning assessments, rural public middle schools, and public middle schools in economically disadvantaged areas.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-207.8, relating to establishment of Middle School Mathematics Innovation Zone Program.23106275D