Virginia House Bill 228 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Introduced on December 27 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Visually impaired students; Braille. Requires each visually impaired student to be evaluated by a certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired and requires the student to receive instruction in Braille or the use of Braille unless the team responsible for developing the student's IEP (IEP team) or the team responsible for developing the student's plan pursuant to §504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (504 team) determines that instruction in Braille or the use of Braille is not appropriate to the student's educational needs. Current law requires a determination of the appropriateness of Braille but does not require the evaluation. The bill allows IEP teams and 504 teams to provide other specialized educational services and assistive technology devices in addition to Braille. The bill disallows the presence of some residual vision from precluding instruction in Braille and the use of Braille. The bill permits IEP teams and 504 teams to provide blind students with instruction in Nemeth Braille and the use of Nemeth Braille in addition to Braille.

Visually impaired students; evaluation by certified Teacher of Visually Impaired.

Del. David Bulova [D]	Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Ron Villanueva [R]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2014-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 20 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Left in Appropriations
2014-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2014-01-27	House	Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
2014-01-27	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2014-01-27	House	Committee substitute printed 14104150D-H1
2014-01-27	House	Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
2014-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2014-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
2014-01-10	House	Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
2013-12-27	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2013-12-27	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101465D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	217	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB228
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB228+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB228H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H0901V0006+HB0228
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H09V0022+HB0228