Virginia House Bill 977

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-07 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Expeditious resolution of complaints relating to certain student transportation safety issues. Requires each locality and the Department of Transportation, as applicable, to expeditiously respond to and assist in the resolution of, to the maximum extent practicable, any complaint received by or on behalf of any public elementary or secondary school student relating to such student's safety on the streets, roads, sidewalks, and crosswalks surrounding school property as such student arrives to or departs from school and permits, for the purposes of complying with such requirement, any school board to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the locality or the Department, as applicable, for the establishment of a protocol or the designation of an ombudsman for the resolution of such complaints.

Student transportation safety issues, certain; expeditious resolution of complaints.

Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra [D]

Del. Nadarius Clark [D]

Del. Rozia Henson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-07	House	Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote
2024-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-02-01	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 24104408D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	186.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB977
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB977+hil