School divisions, local; work group to recommend ways to procure accessible digital tools. (HB1246)

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Progress

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

Description

Public elementary and secondary schools; students; digital tools; accessibility. Requires the Department of Education to convene a work group to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Education, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2022, regarding (i) ways in which school divisions can effectively identify and receive responsive and responsible bids from vendors to procure digital tools, including online platforms, courses, digital applications, information and communication technology services, and digital content, that comply with the federal accessibility standard and (ii) any statutory or regulatory changes that may assist school divisions to procure such digital tools that comply with such standard. Read the Bill »

Status

02/24/2022: passed committee

History

Date	Action
01/20/2022	Committee
01/20/2022	Presented and ordered printed 22104448D
01/20/2022	Referred to Committee on Education
01/31/2022	Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
02/01/2022	Impact statement from DPB (HB1246)
02/02/2022	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
02/02/2022	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
02/02/2022	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
02/07/2022	Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2022	Committee substitute printed 22105870D-H1
02/07/2022	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/07/2022	Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
02/09/2022	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
02/09/2022	Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2022	Impact statement from DPB (HB1246H1)
02/11/2022	Read first time
02/14/2022	Read second time
02/14/2022	Committee substitute agreed to 22105870D-H1
02/14/2022	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1246H1
02/15/2022	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/15/2022	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2022	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/16/2022	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/24/2022	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2022	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
03/02/2022	Continued to 2023 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)