Virginia history and United States Constitution; supplementary written materials on documents. (HB197)
Introduced By
Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Supplementary written materials on documents of Virginia history and the United States Constitution. Requires teachers to ensure that all supplementary written materials used to teach the Declaration of American Independence, the general principles of the Constitution of the United States, including the Bill of Rights, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, the charters of the Virginia Company of April 10, 1606, May 23, 1609, and March 12, 1612, and the Virginia Declaration of Rights contain accurate restatements of the principles contained in these documents and directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for such supplementary written materials used by teachers. The bill contains technical amendments. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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12/26/2013 | Committee |
12/26/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100411D |
12/26/2013 | Referred to Committee on Education |
01/20/2014 | Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education |
01/24/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (HB197) |
01/30/2014 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) |
02/03/2014 | Reported from Education (16-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2014 | Read first time |
02/05/2014 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/06/2014 | Read third time and passed House (70-Y 28-N) |
02/06/2014 | VOTE: PASSAGE (70-Y 28-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/07/2014 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
02/27/2014 | Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/28/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
03/03/2014 | Read third time |
03/03/2014 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
03/06/2014 | Enrolled |
03/06/2014 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB197ER) |
03/06/2014 | Signed by Speaker |
03/09/2014 | Signed by President |
03/10/2014 | Signed by President |
04/06/2014 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 647 (effective 7/1/14) |
04/06/2014 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647) |
Comments
Wonder what prompted this bill? Seems like more classroom micromanagement coming from Richmond.
Are they considering rewriting these documents to suit "religious freedom" purposes? What does "restatement" mean? Smells fishy.