VA HB228 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Board of Education; graduation requirements; computer programming as foreign language. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing course and credit requirements for a high school diploma, to provide that the standard units of credit in foreign language required to graduate with an advanced studies diploma may be satisfied by the successful completion of computer programming courses approved by the Board. The bill also requires the Board to establish criteria for the approval of computer programming coursework completed at an associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education or an associate-degree-granting private institution of higher education for the purpose of satisfying such foreign language graduation requirements. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.
Title
Graduation requirements; computer programming as foreign language.
Sponsors
Del. David Albo [R] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2016-02-16 | House | Left in Education |
2016-02-08 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote |
2016-01-19 | House | Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation |
2015-12-29 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
2015-12-29 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100779D |
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB228 |
Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB228+hil |