Teachers and curriculum; study of aviation and aerospace certification. (SJ40)

Introduced By

Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

Study; aviation and aerospace certification of teachers and curriculum; report. Establishes a 13-member joint committee of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education to study how Virginia can meet the future workforce development needs of the aviation and aerospace industries. In conducting the study, the joint committee shall (i) seek out and interview representatives of aviation and aerospace workforce development programs and hear recommendations for changes that can be made to state law to assist, expand, and support such programs; (ii) provide recommendations for changes to state law that will ease certification of teachers of K-12 aviation and aerospace courses when such teachers are qualified by other professional organizations, while maintaining the overall high quality of Virginia's public education system; and (iii) provide recommendations for changes to state law that will provide Virginia students opportunities to learn aviation and aerospace curricula in compliance with the Standards of Learning. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/09/2018Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103987D
01/09/2018Referred to Committee on Rules
02/09/2018Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter