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1 | Updated 4/1/21. Current status of all legislation may be viewed at http://lis.virginia.gov | ||||||
2 | Recommended Position | Bill No. | Status | Catch line | Chief Patron | News & Notes | |
3 | Support | HB1736 | Dead | School nurses; nursing services in a public elementary or secondary school. | Adams, D.M. | ||
4 | Oppose | HB1770 | Dead | Public education; student education accounts. | Freitas | ||
5 | Support | HB1776 | Enacted | Education, Board of; temporary extension of certain teachers' licenses. | Ward | ||
6 | Support | HB1790 | Enacted | Public schools; severe weather conditions and other emergency situations. | McNamara | ||
7 | Monitor | HB1823 | Enacted | Public schools, child day programs, and certain other programs; carbon monoxide detectors required. | Askew | ||
8 | Monitor | HB1826 | Dead | Education, Board of; qualifications of members. | Austin | ||
9 | Monitor | HB1827 | Enacted | Education, Board of; geographic representation of members. | Austin | ||
10 | Monitor | HB1865 | Enacted | Kindergarten through grade 3; reading intervention services for certain students. | Delaney | ||
11 | Monitor | HB1885 | Enacted | Comprehensive review of computer science standards, etc., in public schools; DOE to perform, report. | Simonds | ||
12 | Support | HB1904 | Enacted | Teachers and other licensed school board employees; cultural competency. | Jenkins | https://www.virginiamercury.com/2021/01/18/bill-to-add-cultural-competency-training-for-virginia-teachers-moves-forward-in-house-committee/ https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/if-we-can-get-this-right-it-s-a-step-in-the-right-direction-virginia/article_496dc83c-8524-591c-8570-2e3ad533cebc.html https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/watch-now-bills-on-educators-cultural-competency-pass-both-chambers-of-virginia-legislature/article_f3d96f9a-c572-546a-bf52-121e0f585fc8.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest | |
13 | Support | HB1905 | Enacted | Economic education and financial literacy required in middle and high school grades; employment. | Cole, J.G. | ||
14 | Support | HB1909 | Enacted | School board property, certain; establishment of gun-free zone permitted. | Subramanyam | ||
15 | Support | HB1915 | Dead | Teachers; required to be compensated at or above national average. | Mugler | ||
16 | Monitor | HB1918 | Enacted | Student driver safety; driver education program shall include dangers of speeding. | Mugler | ||
17 | Priority | HB1929 | Dead | Standards of Quality; work-based learning and principal mentorship, teacher leaders and mentors. | Aird | https://richmond.com/opinion/columnists/james-j-fedderman-column-fund-the-standards-our-students-deserve/article_cfc0e3c9-a31a-5a5e-83f8-0e4450099689.html https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/legislators-renew-push-to-fully-fund-update-standards-for-public-education/article_b5333679-45f3-5220-8af8-13c94593cd0a.html https://dailyprogress.com/opinion/editorial/opinion-editorial-funding-standards-is-critical/article_65baa33e-709b-11eb-9895-1bc3877c3b26.html | |
18 | Support | HB1940 | Enacted | Students; guidelines on excused student absences, civic or political engagement. | Rasoul | https://roanoke.com/news/general-assembly-notebook-house-passes-del-rasouls-youth-civic-engagement-bill-measure-restricts-police-use/article_8ef2e880-5c0d-11eb-ac60-b352cce2f0ac.html | |
19 | Monitor | HB1947 | Dead | High school graduation requirements; certain substitutions. | Davis | ||
20 | Monitor | HB1997 | Dead | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of 'meeting.' | Murphy | ||
21 | Support | HB1998 | Enacted | Public schools; lock-down drills, annual requirement. | Murphy | ||
22 | Support | HB2003 | Dead | Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, certain advertising related to school quality. | Samirah | Addresses concerns about the use of private or proprietary school rating systems on things like real estate websites, for example the “Greatschools.org” ratings on Zillow. | |
23 | Monitor | HB2013 | Enacted | School boards; board policy for students unable to pay for a meal at school. | Roem | ||
24 | Monitor | HB2019 | Enacted | Public elementary and secondary schools; administration of undesignated stock albuterol inhalers. | McQuinn | ||
25 | Monitor | HB2027 | Enacted | Standards of Learning; reading and mathematics assessments for grades three through eight. | Coyner | ||
26 | Support | HB2042 | Enacted | Trees; replacement and conservation during development, effective date. | Guy | ||
27 | Support | HB2058 | Enacted | Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established, report. | Simonds | ||
28 | Oppose | HB2090 | Dead | School boards; establishment of the READ Fund and READ programs. | Cox | ||
29 | Support | HB2093 | Dead | School Construction Fund and Program; created and established. | O'Quinn | ||
30 | Support | HB2094 | Dead | Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments. | O'Quinn | ||
31 | Monitor | HB2105 | Enacted | Early childhood education; quality rating and improvement system participation. | Bulova | ||
32 | Monitor | HB2117 | Enacted | Children's Services Act; funds expended special education programs. | VanValkenburg | ||
33 | Monitor | HB2119 | Enacted | Student driver education program; parent/student component exemption. | Keam | ||
34 | Monitor | HB2176 | Enacted | School board policies; abusive work environments, definitions. | Torian | ||
35 | Support | HB2206 | Enacted | Child Care Assistance Program; created. | Filler-Corn | ||
36 | Monitor | HB2211 | Dead | Individualized education programs; identification of necessary additional services and referrals. | Plum | ||
37 | Monitor | HB2212 | Enacted | Children's Services Act; effective monitoring and implementation. | Plum | ||
38 | Oppose | HB2225 | Dead | Empowerment Scholarship Accounts; established, report. | Davis | ||
39 | Support | HB2238 | Enacted | Licensed private schools for students with disabilities; accreditation. | Kory | ||
40 | Oppose | HB2243 | Dead | Home instruction and private schools; creates an individual, nonrefundable income tax credit. | LaRock | ||
41 | Oppose | HB2244 | Dead | Family life education; curriculum guidelines, human reproduction, viewing of ultrasound video. | LaRock | ||
42 | Monitor | HB2247 | Dead | Education, Board of; conditions and considerations on school division boundaries. | Aird | ||
43 | Monitor | HB2277 | Dead | Children with disabilities, certain; one-year high school extensions permitted. | Bell | https://apnews.com/article/richmond-education-virginia-charlottesville-1b5a0004be709525f88f7491ee419075 | |
44 | Support | HB2289 | Dead | Children's Services Act; eligibility for state pool of funds, any child or youth. | Austin | ||
45 | Support | HB2299 | Enacted | Special education; training for school divisions on developing IEPs for children w/ disabilities. | Carr | ||
46 | Support | HB2305 | Dead | Governor's Schools; Board of Education to issue guidance on the governance of academic year. | Tyler | https://richmond.com/opinion/columnists/rasheeda-n-creighton-makya-ren-e-little-and-rodney-robinson-column-governors-schools-reform-an/article_2efd38d7-d91b-55e5-86d2-994be51bff51.html https://bluevirginia.us/2021/01/video-democrats-on-house-education-committee-push-back-hard-against-misinformation-about-massive-resistance-to-governors-schools-admissions-reform-bill https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/watch-now-democratic-led-panel-effectively-kills-bill-seeking-to-boost-diversity-at-virginia-governors/article_7ff14904-837b-5d0e-be6e-ffbe7893c72d.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1 | |
47 | Monitor | HB2314 | Enacted | Special education; Bd. of Education to amend certain regulation. | Mugler | ||
48 | Support | HB2316 | Enacted | Students w/disabilities; Dept. of Education to update its special education and related services. | Mundon King | ||
49 | Support | HJ537 | Enacted | Racism; General Assembly to recognize as a public health crisis. | Aird | https://richmond.com/news/local/doctors-state-officials-and-advocates-push-to-pass-legislation-declaring-racism-a-public-health-crisis/article_c9f8ef69-b6a2-5695-9b90-9f5a3f629ad8.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1 | |
50 | Support | HJ548 | Dead | Constitutional amendment; public schools, standards of quality. | Hurst | ||
51 | Support | HJ549 | Dead | COVID-19; JLARC to study the impact on Virginia's public schools, students, and school employees. | Guy | ||
52 | Monitor | HJ551 | Dead | Constitutional amendment; qualification of voters, 16-year-olds permitted to vote (first reference). | Rasoul | ||
53 | Support | HR227 | Dead | Racism; recognizing as a public health crisis. | Jones | ||
54 | Monitor | SB1099 | Dead | Children's Services Act; special education programs. | Stuart | ||
55 | Support | SB1106 | Dead | Public School Assistance Fund and Program; created. | Stanley | ||
56 | Support | SB1109 | Dead | Voter referendum; issuance of state general obligation bonds for school facility modernization. | Stanley | https://roanoke.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-will-general-assembly-again-punt-on-school-construction/article_015b1f2e-5a91-11eb-84e8-c3564c63bb9a.html https://roanoke.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-an-astonishing-breakthrough-on-school-disparity---for-now/article_fae1ee96-6a32-11eb-9c79-1ba2841a574e.html | |
57 | Support | SB1114 | Dead | Children's Services Act; expands eligibility for state pool of funds. | Peake | ||
58 | Support | SB1132 | Dead | Public schools; severe weather conditions and other emergency situations. | Suetterlein | ||
59 | Monitor | SB1133 | Dead | Children's Services Act; eligibility for state pool of funds, pilot program. | Suetterlein | ||
60 | Monitor | SB1190 | Enacted | Health Standards of Learning; advanced directive education for high school students. | Kiggans | ||
61 | Support | SB1191 | Dead | School nurses; excludes positions from certain requirements, school board to employ in each school. | Kiggans | ||
62 | Support | SB1196 | Enacted | Teachers and other licensed school board employees; cultural competency. | Locke | https://www.virginiamercury.com/2021/01/18/bill-to-add-cultural-competency-training-for-virginia-teachers-moves-forward-in-house-committee/ https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/if-we-can-get-this-right-it-s-a-step-in-the-right-direction-virginia/article_496dc83c-8524-591c-8570-2e3ad533cebc.html https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/watch-now-bills-on-educators-cultural-competency-pass-both-chambers-of-virginia-legislature/article_f3d96f9a-c572-546a-bf52-121e0f585fc8.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest | |
63 | Oppose | SB1238 | Dead | School security officers; carrying of firearms by United States Armed Forces veterans. | Chase | ||
64 | Priority | SB1257 | Enacted | Standards of Quality; school board to provide at least three specialized student support positions. | McClellan | https://dailyprogress.com/opinion/editorial/opinion-editorial-funding-standards-is-critical/article_65baa33e-709b-11eb-9895-1bc3877c3b26.html | |
65 | Monitor | SB1288 | Enacted | Special education; Department of and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures. | Dunnavant | ||
66 | Oppose | SB1303 | Enacted | Local school divisions; availability of in-person learning. | Dunnavant | https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/senate-passes-bill-requiring-school-divisions-to-offer-in-person-learning/article_9ed9bdaa-250f-5073-82fd-262062bff90a.html | |
67 | Support | SB1307 | Enacted | School-based health services; Bd. of MAS to amend state plan for services to provide for payment. | Dunnavant | ||
68 | Support | SB1313 | Enacted | Children's Services Act; funds expended special education programs. | Mason | ||
69 | Monitor | SB1316 | Enacted | Child care providers; background check portability, subsidy pilot program, report. | McClellan | ||
70 | Monitor | SB1317 | Dead | Local school boards; open enrollment policy required. | Dunnavant | ||
71 | Monitor | SB1322 | Enacted | Public schools; seizure management and action plans, biennial training, effective date. | DeSteph | ||
72 | Monitor | SB1357 | Enacted | Local school divisions; core subject competency assessments. | Dunnavant | ||
73 | Monitor | SB1358 | Dead | Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention. | Hashmi | ||
74 | Monitor | SB1360 | Dead | Virginia Human Rights Act; nondiscrimination in employment, sexual harassment. | McClellan | ||
75 | Support | SB1380 | Dead | Electric utilities; electric school bus projects. | Lucas | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ptTcTQVcsJ1mAd-g5xA9aQ6SdB8LSjAg/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cRIWGQ2K2eZcGrL_nFaHxDTOx0tc-8jx/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ChD5Sd0KRVgC9QfIzEWV2ofMUHMZy58G/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/12rJxQIh-PxWno9x01PZaID33grRCKyKA/view?usp=sharing https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/va-house-slows-down-bill-that-would-allow-dominion-to-profit-off-electric-school-bus/article_edc69a16-5c2c-51c9-9733-8618d768106b.html | |
76 | Support | SB1401 | Dead | Standards of Learning; reduces total number & type of required assessments to minimum requirements. | Pillion | ||
77 | Oppose | SB1433 | Dead | Public education; voucher program, policies and procedures, etc. | Chase | ||
78 | Oppose | SB1434 | Dead | Public schools; mandatory virtual learning, provision of required technology and Internet service. | Chase | ||
79 | Support | SB1439 | Enacted | Students; guidelines on excused student absences, civic or political engagement. | McClellan | ||
80 | Support | SB1462 | Dead | Virginia Digital Equity Pilot Program and Fund; established, report, sunset date. | Mason | ||
81 | Support | SJ275 | Dead | Constitutional amendment; public schools in the Commonwealth (first reference). | Stanley | https://roanoke.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-an-astonishing-breakthrough-on-school-disparity---for-now/article_fae1ee96-6a32-11eb-9c79-1ba2841a574e.html https://roanoke.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-house-democrats-turn-their-backs-on-rural-virginia/article_ccefa038-7175-11eb-9217-1ff33a0af2d9.html https://wcyb.com/news/local/school-equity-bill-in-virginia-killed-swva-lawmakers-left-frustrated | |
82 | Support | SJ294 | Dead | JLARC; costs of education, report. | Lewis | ||
83 | Support | SJ308 | Dead | COVID-19; JLARC to study the impact on Virginia's public schools, students, and school employees. | Lucas |