Virginia House Bill 5022 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on August 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-09 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Certain public elementary and secondary schools; Certain public elementary and secondary schools; alternative supervision. Permits any school board to enter into an operating contract with a not-for-profit entity (operating entity) to (i) require the school board to transfer its constitutional authority to supervise a public elementary or secondary school in the local school division in which at least 50 percent of enrolled students are eligible for free or reduced price lunch (qualified school) to the operating entity, including its authority relating to personnel and curriculum, for an initial period of at least two years, provided, however, that the qualified school shall be subject to all federal and state accountability requirements prescribed by law or regulation; (ii) require the operating entity to make available services that contribute to a clean and safe environment for in-person instruction in a qualified school during a pandemic or nutritional support, after-school academic and mentorship services, health care support by licensed nurse practitioners or doctors, and dental care by dental hygienists or dentists to each student enrolled in the qualified school; (iii) permit the operating entity to seek reimbursement under Medicaid for all services described in clause (ii) that are provided to eligible students; (iv) require the operating entity to establish performance metrics for the qualified school and biannually report to the school board on its compliance with such metrics; and (v) require the supervision of the qualified school to be transferred back to the school board if the operating entity breaches the operating contract or fails to meet the performance metrics established in the operating contract. The bill permits any such operating contract to contain provisions for the use of local school division services for the qualified school, including transportation, food services, and extracurricular activities. The bill provides that each operating entity is entitled to matching state funds pursuant to the general appropriation act in an amount equal to 25 percent of all funds that the operating entity invests to provide the services described in clause (ii) in the qualified school. The bill also provides that no operating entity that receives such matching state funds is eligible to

Public elementary and secondary schools, certain; alternative supervision.

Del. Glenn Davis [R]

Del. Hyland Fowler [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-09	House	Left in Education
2020-08-17	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2020-08-17	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200568D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	199.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5022
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5022+hil