Licensed private schools for students with disabilities; accreditation. (HB2238)
Introduced By
Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church)
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
Licensed private schools for students with disabilities; accreditation. Directs the Board of Education to require, pursuant to regulation, any private school for students with disabilities that is licensed by the Board, as a condition for renewal of its initial license to operate, to obtain accreditation from an accrediting agency recognized by the Virginia Council for Private Education within three years of the issuance of its initial triennial license by the Board. The bill provides that, notwithstanding the foregoing requirement, any private school for students with disabilities that is licensed to operate by the Board as of July 1, 2021, shall obtain accreditation from an accrediting agency recognized by the Virginia Council for Private Education no later than July 1, 2024. Read the Bill »
Status
03/18/2021: signed by governor
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/13/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101979D |
| 01/13/2021 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 01/18/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2238) |
| 01/21/2021 | Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ |
| 01/25/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 01/27/2021 | Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/28/2021 | Read first time |
| 01/29/2021 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/01/2021 | Read third time and passed House (92-Y 7-N) |
| 02/01/2021 | VOTE: Passage (92-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/02/2021 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/10/2021 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| 02/18/2021 | Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/19/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) |
| 02/22/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/22/2021 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Enrolled |
| 02/25/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2238ER) |
| 02/25/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2238ER) |
| 02/25/2021 | Signed by President |
| 02/26/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/01/2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021 |
| 03/01/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/18/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 172 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/18/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0172) |