COVID-19; DOE to recommend options for isolation & quarantine for students & employees at schools. (SB431)
Introduced By
Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant (R-Henrico) with support from co-patron Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania)
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Description
Department of Education; COVID-19; guidelines; alternative to quarantine. Requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health, to (i) recommend options for isolation and quarantine for students and employees at public schools who contract or are exposed to COVID-19 and (ii) develop guidelines for such schools and recommend such guidelines for use as an alternative to quarantine. The bill requires such guidelines to be immediately distributed to local school boards and reflect the most updated recommendations to limit the amount of time out of the classroom, including options for no quarantine, as recommended for asymptomatic individuals. Read the Bill »
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Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/11/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/12/22 22104124D |
01/11/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
01/25/2022 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
01/27/2022 | Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
02/03/2022 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
02/03/2022 | Committee substitute printed 22105718D-S1 |
02/03/2022 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (10-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2022 | Read second time |
02/07/2022 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/07/2022 | Committee substitute agreed to 22105718D-S1 |
02/07/2022 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB431S1 |
02/08/2022 | Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2022 | Placed on Calendar |
02/23/2022 | Read first time |
02/23/2022 | Referred to Committee on Education |
02/26/2022 | Assigned Education sub: K-12 |
02/28/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB431S1) |
03/01/2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) |
03/07/2022 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
03/07/2022 | Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
03/08/2022 | Read second time |
03/09/2022 | Read third time |
03/09/2022 | Committee amendment agreed to |
03/09/2022 | Emergency clause deleted |
03/09/2022 | Engrossed by House as amended |
03/09/2022 | Passed House with amendment (88-Y 11-N) |
03/09/2022 | VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) (see vote tally) |
03/10/2022 | House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/21/2022 | Enrolled |
03/21/2022 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB431ER) |
03/21/2022 | Impact statement from DPB (SB431ER) |
03/21/2022 | Signed by President |
03/22/2022 | Signed by Speaker |
03/22/2022 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022 |
03/22/2022 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022 |
04/11/2022 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 692 (effective 7/1/22) |
04/11/2022 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0692) |
Comments
Requires the Board of Ed., with Dept of Health participation, to (1) recommend as best practice the shortest duration of quarantine possible, as recommended by the CDC, for students and employees at public schools who contract COVID-19 and (2) develop test-to-stay guidelines for use as an alternative to quarantine for students and employees who contract COVID-19.