Standards of Quality; staffing requirements, librarians and clerical personnel. (SB261)

Introduced By

Sen. David Suetterlein (R-Salem)

Progress

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

Description

Standards of Quality; staffing requirements. Provides that a local school board that is required to employ two full-time librarians for any middle school or high school may meet such requirement by employing two full-time librarians or one full-time librarian and one full-time media specialist or instructional resource teacher. The bill also provides that a local school board that is required to employ a full-time school-based clerical person for the library for any middle school or high school may meet such requirement by employing one full-time school-based clerical person for the library, for instruction, or for assessment or career planning, or by employing one full-time classroom instructional assistant. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/05/2018Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101780D
01/05/2018Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/29/2018Impact statement from DPB (SB261)
02/01/2018Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2018Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2018Read second time and engrossed
02/06/2018Passed by for the day
02/07/2018Passed by for the day
02/08/2018Passed by for the day
02/09/2018Passed by temporarily
02/09/2018Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2018Reading of amendment waived
02/09/2018Amendment by Senator Suetterlein agreed to
02/09/2018Engrossed by Senate as amended SB261E
02/09/2018Printed as engrossed 18101780D-E
02/09/2018Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2018Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2018Impact statement from DPB (SB261E)
02/14/2018Placed on Calendar
02/14/2018Read first time
02/14/2018Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/22/2018Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
02/28/2018Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Education
03/02/2018Referred from Appropriations
03/02/2018Referred to Committee on Education
03/05/2018Failed to report (defeated) in Education (10-Y 12-N) (see vote tally)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 5 minutes.