Graduation requirements; local alternative paths to standard or verified units of credit. (HB1675)

Introduced By

Del. Tag Greason (R-Potomac Falls) with support from 22 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Mamye BaCote (D-Newport News), Del. David Bulova (D-Fairfax), Del. Buddy Fowler (R-Ashland), Del. Greg Habeeb (R-Salem), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Tim Hugo (R-Centreville), Del. Rob Krupicka (D-Alexandria), Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), Del. Dave LaRock (R-Loudoun), Del. Manoli Loupassi (R-Richmond), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Joseph E. Preston (D-Petersburg), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Del. Rip Sullivan (D-Arlington), Del. Roslyn Tyler (D-Jarratt), Del. Jeion Ward (D-Hampton), Sen. Monty Mason (D-Williamsburg), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)

Progress

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

Description

Graduation requirements; local alternative paths to standard or verified units of credit. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing course and credit requirements for a high school diploma, to permit local school divisions to waive (i) the requirement for students to receive 140 clock hours of instruction to earn a standard unit of credit or (ii) the requirement for students to achieve a satisfactory score on a Standards of Learning assessment or Board-approved substitute test to earn a verified unit of credit upon providing the Board with satisfactory proof, based on Board guidelines, that the students for whom such requirements are waived has learned the content and skills included in the relevant Standards of Learning. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

Date	Action
01/09/2015	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102642D
01/09/2015	Referred to Committee on Education
01/16/2015	Assigned Education sub: Education Reform
01/27/2015	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
01/28/2015	Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2015	Committee substitute printed 15104356D-H1
01/29/2015	Read first time
01/30/2015	Passed by for the day
02/02/2015	Passed by for the day
02/03/2015	Passed by for the day
02/04/2015	Passed by for the day
02/05/2015	Floor substitute printed 15104849D-H2 (Greason)
02/05/2015	Read second time
02/05/2015	Committee substitute rejected 15104356D-H1
02/05/2015	Substitute by Delegate Greason agreed to 15104849D-H2
02/05/2015	Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1675H2
02/06/2015	Read third time and passed House (90-Y 9-N)
02/06/2015	VOTE: PASSAGE (90-Y 9-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2015	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
02/06/2015	Passed House (95-Y 4-N)
02/06/2015	VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (95-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2015	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/09/2015	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/12/2015	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
02/19/2015	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2015	Committee substitute printed 15105302D-S1
02/20/2015	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/23/2015	Read third time
02/23/2015	Reading of substitute waived
02/23/2015	Committee substitute agreed to 15105302D-S1
02/23/2015	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1675S1
02/23/2015	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2015	Placed on Calendar
02/24/2015	Senate substitute rejected by House 15105302D-S1 (1-Y 98-N)
02/24/2015	VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 98-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2015	Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2015	Senate requested conference committee
02/26/2015	House acceded to request
02/26/2015	Conferees appointed by House
02/26/2015	Delegates: Greason, LeMunyon, Bulova
02/26/2015	Conferees appointed by Senate
02/26/2015	Senators: Garrett, Carrico, Lewis
02/26/2015	C Amended by conference committee
02/26/2015	Conference substitute printed 15105612D-H3
02/26/2015	Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
02/26/2015	VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/27/2015	Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2015	Enrolled
03/06/2015	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1675ER)
03/06/2015	Signed by Speaker
03/07/2015	Signed by President
03/10/2015	Impact statement from DPB (HB1675ER)
03/10/2015	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
03/10/2015	G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
03/27/2015	G Approved by Governor-Chapter 701 (effective 7/1/15)
03/27/2015	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 4 clips in all, totaling 4 minutes.

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