Virginia House Bill 706

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public secondary schools; public institutions of higher education; Internet safety education required; report. Requires the Board of Education to develop and approve objectives for Internet safety education at the middle and high school grade levels to be required of all students in grades six through 12, and to provide for the infusion of such objectives in the relevant Standards of Learning and in career and technical education. The bill also requires the Board, in consultation with the Internet Safety Advisory Council or another appropriate entity, to develop a model curriculum for such Internet safety education. The bill requires each public secondary school to provide instruction on Internet safety education in accordance with the educational objectives and model curriculum developed by the Board. The bill also requires each public institution of higher education to provide instruction on the principles of Internet safety as a part of an existing general education course, a first-year orientation program, or another appropriate program or course and directs the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to encourage private institutions of higher education to provide instruction on the principles of Internet safety.

Public secondary schools; Internet safety education required, report.

Del. Michael Webert [R]

2024-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Education
2024-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
2024-01-19	House	Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101130D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	200.04	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	227.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	253.13:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	902.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB706
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB706+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0901V0074+HB0706