Postsecondary credential, etc.; local school board agreements with community colleges. (HB1676)
Introduced By
Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg) with support from 16 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Matt Fariss (R-Rustburg), Del. Chris Head (R-Roanoke), Del. Gordon Helsel (R-Poquoson), Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Jackson Miller (R-Manassas), Del. Will Morefield (R-North Tazewell), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Israel O'Quinn (R-Bristol), Del. Charles Poindexter (R-Glade Hill), Del. Roxann Robinson (R-Chesterfield), Del. Nick Rush (R-Christiansburg), Del. Scott Taylor (R-Virginia Beach), Sen. Todd E. Pillion (R-Abingdon)
Progress
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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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Description
Dual enrollment; career and technical education. Requires each local school board, in its agreement for postsecondary degree with a community college in the Commonwealth, to specify the option for students to take courses as part of the career and technical education curriculum leading to an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license from a community college concurrent with a high school diploma. The bill also permits each local school board to implement an agreement for postsecondary credential, certification, and license attainment with a private educational entity in the Commonwealth specifying (i) the options for students to take courses as part of the career and technical education curriculum leading to an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license from the private educational entity concurrent with a high school diploma and (ii) the credentials, certifications, and licenses available for such courses. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/09/2015 | Committee |
| 01/09/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101846D |
| 01/09/2015 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 01/23/2015 | Assigned Education sub: Higher Education |
| 01/27/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) |
| 02/02/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1676) |
| 02/02/2015 | Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15104653D-H1 |
| 02/03/2015 | Read first time |
| 02/04/2015 | Read second time |
| 02/04/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15104653D-H1 |
| 02/04/2015 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1676H1 |
| 02/05/2015 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 02/05/2015 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/06/2015 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/19/2015 | Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/20/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/23/2015 | Read third time |
| 02/23/2015 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/26/2015 | Enrolled |
| 02/26/2015 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1676ER) |
| 02/26/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/26/2015 | Signed by President |
| 02/27/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| 02/27/2015 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/27/15 |
| 02/27/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
| 03/02/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1676ER) |
| 03/26/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 589 (effective 7/1/15) |
| 03/26/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0589) |