Issue: K-12
HB1400
Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report.
Chief Patron:
Dickie Bell
Status: Vetoed
04/05/2017 - House: VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (58-Y 42-N)
02/21/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
02/07/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (57-Y 40-N)
HB1578
Students who receive home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs (Tebow Bill).
Chief Patron:
Rob Bell
Status: Vetoed
04/05/2017 - House: VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (61-Y 39-N)
02/13/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
01/24/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (60-Y 38-N)
HB1708
Standards of Accreditation; industry certification credentials obtained by high school students.
Chief Patron:
Eileen Filler-Corn
Status: Passed
04/05/2017 - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
04/05/2017 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N)
SB1240
Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report.
Chief Patron:
Siobhan Dunnavant
Status: Vetoed
04/05/2017 - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto (21-Y 19-N)
04/05/2017 - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto (20-Y 20-N)
02/20/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (59-Y 37-N)
02/07/2017 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
HB1490
School board members who are called to active duty; appointment of acting school board members.
Chief Patron:
Bob Marshall
Status: Enacted
02/23/2017 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (61-Y 38-N)
02/22/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 14-N)
01/26/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (63-Y 36-N)
HB1605
Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report.
Chief Patron:
Dave LaRock
Status: Vetoed
02/22/2017 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (50-Y 49-N)
02/21/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (21-Y 19-N)
02/07/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (49-Y 47-N)
HB2174
School boards; annual report on pupil/teacher ratios in elementary, middle, etc., school classrooms.
Chief Patron:
Kathleen Murphy
Status: Enacted
02/21/2017 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION #2 (58-Y 38-N)
02/07/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (53-Y 44-N)
SB995
Student discipline; long-term suspension.
Chief Patron:
Bill Stanley
Status: Killed
02/20/2017 - House: VOTE: DEFEATED (39-Y 56-N)
SB997
Public schools; student discipline.
Chief Patron:
Bill Stanley
Status: Killed
02/20/2017 - House: VOTE: DEFEATED (46-Y 50-N)
HB2191
School boards; procedures for handling sexually explicit instructional materials, etc.
Chief Patron:
Steve Landes
Status: Vetoed
02/20/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 18-N)
HB1392
School security officers; carrying a firearm in performance of duties.
Chief Patron:
Scott Lingamfelter
Status: Enacted
02/17/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N)
HB1534
Student discipline; long-term suspension.
Chief Patron:
Dickie Bell
Status: Killed
02/16/2017 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (49-Y 49-N)
02/15/2017 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (46-Y 54-N)
02/06/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (51-Y 46-N)
HB2142
High school graduation; delays by one year implementation of redesigned requirements.
Chief Patron:
Jim LeMunyon
Status: Killed
02/07/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (56-Y 41-N)
SB1517
School transportation; fees.
Chief Patron:
Dick Black
Status: Killed
02/07/2017 - Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (14-Y 26-N)
HB1536
Student discipline; suspension or expulsion of students in preschool through grade five.
Chief Patron:
Dickie Bell
Status: Killed
02/06/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (49-Y 47-N)