Virginia Virtual School; established, report, effective date. (HB324)

Introduced By

Del. Dickie Bell (R-Staunton) with support from co-patron Del. Ron Villanueva (R-Virginia Beach)

Progress

✓
 Introduced
✗
 Passed Committee
✓
 Passed House
☐
 Passed Senate
☐
 Signed by Governor
☐
 Became Law

Description

Virginia Virtual School established. Establishes the Board of the Virginia Virtual School as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of governing the online educational programs and services offered to students enrolled in the Virginia Virtual School. The Secretary of Education is responsible for such agency. The 13-member Board is given operational control of the School and assigned powers and duties. 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. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/02/2014Committee
01/02/2014Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100834D
01/02/2014Referred to Committee on Education
01/10/2014Assigned Education sub: Education Reform
02/04/2014Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
02/05/2014Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
02/05/2014Reported from Education (12-Y 10-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2014Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/06/2014Impact statement from DPB (HB324)
02/06/2014Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
02/07/2014Reported from Appropriations with amendments (18-Y 3-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2014Read first time
02/10/2014Read second time
02/10/2014Committee amendments agreed to
02/10/2014Pending question ordered
02/10/2014Engrossed by House as amended HB324E
02/10/2014Printed as engrossed 14100834D-E
02/11/2014Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N)
02/11/2014VOTE: PASSAGE (64-Y 34-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2014Constitutional reading dispensed
02/12/2014Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/18/2014Assigned Education sub: Public Education
02/26/2014Impact statement from DPB (HB324E)
02/27/2014Continued to 2015 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 24 minutes.