Richard P. Bell
- Republican
Primary
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 2019-2020 school year, the bill requires the School to be open to any school-age person in the Commonwealth and to 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. This bill is identical to
House sustained Governor's veto (58-Y 42-N)
Placed on Calendar
Vetoed by Governor
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Read third time
Rereferred to Finance
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed
Read third time and passed House (57-Y 40-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
Referred to Committee on Education
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100178D
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| House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100178D | HTML |
| House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1400ER) | HTML |
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