School principals; incident reports. (HB308)
Introduced By
Del. Margaret Ransone (R-Kinsale) with support from 10 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. John Avoli (R-Staunton), Del. Glenn Davis (R-Virginia Beach), Tara Durant (R-Fredericksburg), Del. James Edmunds (R-South Boston), Del. Buddy Fowler (R-Ashland), Del. Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg), Del. Chris Runion (R-Bridgewater), Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), Del. Wren Williams (R-Stuart), Del. Scott Wyatt (R-Mechanicsville)
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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Description
School principals; incident reports. Requires that school principals report to law enforcement certain enumerated acts that may constitute a misdemeanor offense and report to the parents of any minor student who is the specific object of such act that the incident has been reported to law enforcement. Under current law, principals are required to make such reports only for such acts that may constitute a felony offense. Read the Bill »
Status
01/11/2022: Awaiting a Vote in the Education Committee
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2022 | Committee |
| 01/11/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100753D |
| 01/11/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 01/18/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (HB308) |
Comments
Ask your legislators to vote NO on this bill that would require principals of schools to feed the school to prison pipeline by reporting to police any behavior that could be criminal. The law was recently changed to only require reports of felonies. This bill would change that back.