Bill Text: VA HB11 | 2014 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Public schools; textbooks approved by BOE shall note Sea of Japan is also referred to as East Sea.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-5)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-04 - Left in Education and Health [HB11 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-HB11-Engrossed.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 11 House Amendments in [ ] -- February 5, 2014 A BILL to require approved textbooks to refer to the Sea of Japan as the East Sea. ---------- Patron Prior to Engrossment--Delegate Hugo ---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  §1. That all textbooks approved by the Board of Education pursuant to §22.1-238 of the Code of Virginia, when referring to the Sea of Japan, shall note that it is also referred to as the East Sea.

[ 2. That the provisions of this act shall not affect any textbook approved by the Board of Education prior to July 1, 2014. ]