Virginia House Bill 573

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-11-18 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Student safety and discipline; certain reports to school principals and division superintendents; form and scope. Requires local law-enforcement authorities to prepare in writing and provide to the principal or his designee and the division superintendent a report on (i) any suspected offense, offense for which any charge has been filed, or offense that is subject to investigation that was committed or is suspected to have been committed by a student enrolled at the school if the offense would be (a) a felony if committed by an adult, (b) a violation of the Drug Control Act and occurred on a school bus, on school property, or at a school-sponsored activity, or (c) an adult misdemeanor involving certain enumerated incidents and (ii) whether the student is released to the custody of his parent or, if 18 years of age or older, is released on bond. The bill requires division superintendents to report all such incidents to the Department of Education in an annual report that is made available to the public. Current law does not require such reports to be in writing and only applies to student offenses but does not specify whether such reports are required to be made for student offenses that are suspected, charged, or subject to investigation.

Student safety and discipline; certain reports to school principals and division superintendents.

Del. Rozia Henson [D]

Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]

Del. Marty Martinez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-11-18	House	Left in Education
2024-01-31	House	Continued to 2025 in Education (Voice Vote)
2024-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
2024-01-19	House	Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2024-01-18	House	Impact statement from DPB (HB573)
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103518D

HB573 (Carry Over) 2024-01-31 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	279.3:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB573
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB573/text/HB573
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/legacy/1000684.PDF