VA HB882 | 2024 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Foward to future HB882
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-05 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-05 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Department of Education; model policy on student cell phone use during instructional time; local adoption. Requires the Department of Education to develop, adopt, and distribute to each school board a model policy whereby public elementary and secondary school students are prohibited from possessing or using personal cell phones or other personal handheld communication devices during instructional time at school. The bill requires the Department, in developing and adopting such model policy, to seek to balance the interests of students' academic achievement, cognitive development, safety, and general well-being and permits the Department to include appropriate exceptions in extraordinary circumstances such as emergency situations or situations involving the need to contact the student's parents. The bill requires each school board to develop and adopt a policy that is consistent with such model policy adopted by the Department.
Title
Students; Department of Education's model policy on cell phone use during instructional time.
Sponsors
Del. Mark Earley [R] | Del. Mike Cherry [R] | Del. Chad Green [R] | Del. Hillary Pugh Kent [R] |
Del. Ian Lovejoy [R] | Del. Wendell Walker [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2024-02-05 | House | Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote |
2024-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
2024-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) |
2024-01-29 | 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 24101909D |
Same As/Similar To
HB882 (Carry Over) 2024-02-05 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote