Broadband services; school boards to appropriate funds for expansion of services for education. (SB1225)
Introduced By
Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon) with support from 10 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Wendy Gooditis (D-Clarke), Sen. Amanda Chase (R-Midlothian), Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian), Sen. Janet Howell (D-Reston), Sen. Lynwood Lewis (D-Accomac), Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke), Sen. Monty Mason (D-Williamsburg), Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City), Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond)
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
03/31/2021: signed by governor
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 |
| 01/28/2021 | Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/29/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/01/2021 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/02/2021 | Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/05/2021 | Read first time |
| 02/05/2021 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 02/08/2021 | Continued to Special Session 1 in Education |
| 02/12/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) |
| 02/15/2021 | Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2021 | Read second time |
| 02/18/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/18/2021 | Passed House (95-Y 3-N) |
| 02/18/2021 | VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/22/2021 | Enrolled |
| 02/22/2021 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1225ER) |
| 02/22/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1225ER) |
| 02/22/2021 | Signed by President |
| 02/24/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/25/2021 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021 |
| 02/25/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/31/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 496 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/31/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0496) |