Broadband services; school boards to appropriate funds for expansion of services for education. (SB1225)

Introduced By

Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon) with support from co-patrons Sen. Amanda Chase (R-Midlothian), Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian), and Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City)

Progress

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

Description

Broadband services; education. Authorizes school boards to appropriate funds for the purposes of promoting, facilitating, and encouraging the expansion and operation of broadband services for educational purposes. The bill authorizes school boards to partner with private broadband service providers to promote, implement, and subsidize broadband for educational purposes to the households of students who would qualify for (i) a child nutrition program or (ii) any other program recognized or adopted by the local school board as a measuring standard to identify at-risk students. Read the Bill »

Status

01/20/2021: In Subcommittee

History

Date	Action
01/11/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101489D
01/11/2021	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/14/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1225)
01/18/2021	Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/18/2021	Rereferred to Education and Health
01/20/2021	Assigned Education sub: Public Education