Bill Text: VA SB15 | 2014 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Incorporated by Education and Health [SB15 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-SB15-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 15 Offered January 8, 2014 Prefiled December 4, 2013 A BILL to require approved textbooks to refer to the Sea of Japan as the East Sea. ---------- Patron-- Black ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

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.