VA SB434 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-02-08 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Public schools; instructional time. Makes several changes relating to student instructional time in public elementary and secondary schools, including (i) defining "instructional hour" for the purpose of minimum annual instructional hour requirements; (ii) establishing several provisions and requirements relating to the enrollment of part-time students in public elementary and secondary schools; (iii) requiring the Board of Education to adopt rules for approving alternative programs for which course credit may be granted for the purpose of satisfying high school graduation requirements to any student who completes such course and masters the course content by demonstrating at least 80 percent of the competencies required by course standards, regardless of time, place, or pace; and (iv) permitting school boards that govern school divisions of innovation to adopt instructional time models that allow students to personalize the pace of learning and accelerate their learning based on the mastery of course content by demonstrating at least 80 percent of the competencies required by course standards, regardless of time, place, or pace.

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Title

Public schools; changes to student instructional time in public elementary & secondary schools.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-08SenatePassed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
2024-01-24SenateAssigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
2024-01-09SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-09SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104373D

Same As/Similar To

HB1081 (Similar To) 2024-02-07 - Incorporated by Education

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
2212.1(n/a)See Bill Text
221200.2(n/a)See Bill Text
221200.3(n/a)See Bill Text
221207.8(n/a)See Bill Text
221212.28(n/a)See Bill Text
221212.29(n/a)See Bill Text
221212.30(n/a)See Bill Text
221212.31(n/a)See Bill Text
221212.32(n/a)See Bill Text
221212.33(n/a)See Bill Text
231905.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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