School calendar; removes restrictions for post-Labor Day school opening. (SB77)

Introduced By

Sen. Roscoe Reynolds (D-Martinsville) with support from co-patron Del. Ward Armstrong (D-Martinsville)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Opening of the school year; good cause.  Removes the restriction that a Board of Education waiver from the post-Labor Day school opening requirement based on a school division's dependence on another school division's instructional program shall only apply to the opening date for those schools where such instructional program is dependent on and provided in one or more elementary or middle or high schools of another school division that qualifies for a waiver. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/05/2010Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101684D
01/05/2010Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/25/2010Impact statement from DPB (SB77)
01/28/2010Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
01/29/2010Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2010Read second time
02/01/2010Motion to rerefer to committee rejected (18-Y 22-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2010Engrossed by Senate
02/01/2010Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2010Reconsideration of motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (35-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2010Passed by for the day
02/02/2010Read second time and engrossed
02/03/2010Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 8-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2010Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2010Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2010Placed on Calendar
02/08/2010Read first time
02/08/2010Referred to Committee on Education
02/16/2010Assigned Education sub: #3 Teachers and Admin. Action
02/25/2010Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
03/14/2010Left in Education

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 20 minutes.