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2016 SESSION
HB 8 Virginia Virtual School; Board established.
Introduced by: Richard P. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Virtual School established. Establishes the Board of the Virginia Virtual School (the Board) as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of governing the full-time virtual school programs offered to students enrolled in the Virginia Virtual School (the School). The Secretary of Education is responsible for such agency. The 14-member Board is given operational control of the School and assigned powers and duties. Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the bill requires the School to be open to any school-age person in the Commonwealth and provide an educational program meeting the Standards of Quality for grades kindergarten through 12, with a maximum enrollment of 5,000 students statewide. The bill requires the average state share of Standards of Quality per pupil funding for each enrolled student to be transferred to the School.
FULL TEXT
- 11/16/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100606D pdf | impact statement
- 11/16/15 House: Introduced bill reprinted 16100606D pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104275D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/16 House: Conference substitute printed 16106334D-H2 pdf
- 03/25/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB8ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House amendments
- House amendments rejected
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Conference amendments
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 11/16/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100606D
- 11/16/15 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 11/16/15 House: Introduced bill reprinted 16100606D
- 01/20/16 House: Reported from Education with amendments (14-Y 7-N)
- 01/20/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/25/16 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/11/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (3-Y 2-N)
- 02/12/16 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
- 02/12/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104275D-H1
- 02/13/16 House: Read first time
- 02/15/16 House: Read second time
- 02/15/16 House: Committee amendments from Education rejected
- 02/15/16 House: Committee substitute from Appropriations agreed to 16104275D-H1
- 02/15/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB8H1
- 02/16/16 House: Read third time and passed House (58-Y 40-N 1-A)
- 02/16/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (58-Y 40-N 1-A)
- 02/17/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/25/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/25/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 03/02/16 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (10-Y 4-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/16 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/16 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/16 Senate: Read third time
- 03/07/16 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/07/16 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/07/16 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/07/16 Senate: Amendments by Senator Newman agreed to
- 03/07/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/07/16 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (23-Y 17-N)
- 03/08/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/08/16 House: Senate amendments rejected by House (3-Y 94-N 2-A)
- 03/08/16 House: VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 94-N 2-A)
- 03/08/16 House: Reconsideration of Senate amendments rejected by House
- 03/08/16 House: Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 1-A)
- 03/08/16 House: VOTE: REJECTED #2 (0-Y 97-N 1-A)
- 03/09/16 Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 1-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: Bell, R.P., Landes, Plum
- 03/10/16 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/16 Senate: Senators: Carrico, Petersen, Chase
- 03/11/16 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/11/16 House: Conference substitute printed 16106334D-H2
- 03/11/16 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N)
- 03/11/16 House: Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 36-N 1-A)
- 03/11/16 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (60-Y 36-N 1-A)
- 03/25/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB8ER)
- 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
- 04/05/16 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/20/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/20/16 House: Passed by for the day - Governor's veto sustained