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Sunday, February 26, 2023

Successful Bills - Virginia 2023 Legislative Session

Updated 02/26/2023, 16:13 (4:13pm)
Bill numbers and Patrons  are hyperlinked.

Several bills were incorporated into the Budget Bill, which remains unresolved.

2023 Virginia House of Delegates

HB 1419 - Kory - Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; extension of eligibility.

HB 1492 - Davis - Special education and related services; certain deadlines.

HB 1514 - Adams, D.M. - Deceased high school seniors; waiver of graduation requirements and award of posthumous programs.

HB 1526 - Coyner - Student literacy measures; scope, students in grades four through eight.

HB 1550 - Campbell, J.L. - Child abuse or neglect; findings of local department of social services, appeal.

HB 1554 - Brewer - Public high schools; identification of faculty member responsible for spec. education transitioning.

HB 1575 - Walker - Internet Safety Advisory Council; powers and duties.

HB 1592 - Davis - Public schools; codes of student conduct, policies and procedures prohibiting bullying.

HB 1629 - Coyner - Virginia Parent Data Portal; Board of Education to create and maintain, report.

HB 1636 - Bulova - Child day program or family day system; operating or engaging in the conduct thereof.

HB 1698 - Simon - Child day programs; exemption from licensure, certain programs offered by local school divisions.

HB 1700 - Cherry - Early childhood care and education; licensure requirements for certain accredited private school.

HB 1701 - Cherry - Private schools, certain; disclosure of certain employee records for purpose of accreditation.

HB 1704 - Bell - Public elementary and secondary schools; reports of certain arrests and convictions, etc.

HB 1713 - Cherry - Child day programs, certain; exempt from licensure by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

HB 1726 - Head - Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials.

HB 1762 - Reid - Teacher Reengagement Program; established, report.

HB 1820 - Avoli - Virtual school programs; virtual administration of certain through-year growth assessments.

HB 1822 - Avoli - Public school employees; offense involving solicitation of sexual molestation, etc.

HB 1884 - Wampler - Students with disabilities; assessment frequency.

HB 1928 - Durant - School bus operators; training, remote online and Spanish language options.

HB 1929 - Durant - Children of certain foreign service employees and civilian employees.

HB 1982 - Kory - Public school principals; parental notification of certain student violations.

HB 2021 - Roem - School boards; schoolwide events with parents, free or reduced price meals applications.

HB 2025 - Roem - SNAP benefits program; parent information sheet, free or reduced price meals application.

HB 2030 - Ballard - School boards; policies or regulations for enrollment of nonresident students, report.

HB 2124 - Wilt - School psychologists; staffing flexibility.

HB 2136 - Delaney - Public school libraries; removal or restriction of access to printed or audiovisual material.

HB 2137 - Delaney - School boards; divisionwide literacy plans.

HB 2140 - Delaney - Epinephrine; policies for possession & administration at early childhood care, etc.

HB 2225 - Batten - Student assessment results; availability to teachers, parents, principals, and other school leaders.

HB 2375 - Sewell - Provisional teacher licensure; permissive extension, satisfactory performance evaluations.

HB 2457 - Batten - Public elementary and secondary school teachers; frequency of certain training activities, report.

HB 2469 - Cherry - Standards of Learning; assessment revision work group, etc.

HJ 469 - Taylor - School Security Officer Day; designating as 1st Monday of Oct. 2023 & each succeeding thereafter.

HJ 475 - McGuire - Career and Technical Education Letter of Intent Signing Day; designating as 4th Wed. in April 2023.


2023 Virginia Senate

SB 821 - Surovell - Arrests, certain, and convictions of certain individuals; reports to division superintendents.

SB 830 - Favola - Students with disabilities; DBHDS to develop best practice standard related to transition of record.

SB 892 - Newman - Education improvement scholarships tax credits; clarifies definition of student.

SB 943 - Suetterlein - Public high schools; identification of faculty member responsible for spec. education transitioning.

SB 964 - Peake - Child day programs, certain; exempt from licensure by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

SB 1019 - Edwards - Virginia-based nonprofit organizations; schools for adults to earn credentials.

SB 1043 - McPike - Public education; student mental health and counseling, definitions, licensure requirements.

SB 1044 - McPike - Public schools and public higher educational institutions; student identification cards.

SB 1052 - McPike - Teacher Education and Licensure, Advisory Board on; teacher recruitment and retention.

SB 1072 - Bell - Public schools; codes of student conduct, policies and procedures prohibiting bullying.

SB 1097 - Norment - Early childhood care and education; licensure requirements for certain accredited private school.

SB 1099 - Norment - School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund; awarding grants.

SB 1124 - Stanley - Public elementary & secondary school bldgs.; standards for maintenance & operations, etc.

SB 1146 - Boysko - Epinephrine; policies for possession & administration at early childhood care, etc.

SB 1175 - Lucas - Student literacy measures; scope, students in grades four through eight.

SB 1215 - Lucas - Public elementary and secondary school teachers; calculations for competitive compensation.

SB 1253 - Dunnavant - Student assessment results; availability to teachers, parents, principals, and other school leaders.

SB 1257 - Favola - School counselors; staff time.

SB 1268 - Favola - School psychologists; staffing flexibility.

SB 1277 - Dunnavant - High school students; academic credit for certain work experience and fine arts programs.

SB 1281 - Dunnavant - Passport dual enrollment courses; course credit, guidelines.

SB 1289 - Deeds - Virginia Retirement System; school bus drivers, return to employment.

SB 1300 - Deeds - Elementary & secondary school teachers, public; requirements, trauma-informed care training.

SB 1329 - McClellan - Virginia Parent Data Portal; Board of Education to create and maintain, report.

SB 1359 - Norment - Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team members, training requirement.

SB 1404 - Barker - School Readiness Committee; renaming as Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education.

SB 1429 - Suetterlein - Virginia College Savings Plan; hybrid schools, classification.

SB 1430 - Suetterlein - English language learner students; reducing barriers to access paid-work based learning experiences.

SB 1453 - McPike - Public elementary and secondary schools; automated external defibrillators required.

SB 1479 - Lucas - Virginia Retirement System; return to work.

SB 1498 - McClellan - Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program; extension of eligibility.

SB 1519 - Barker - Virginia College Savings Plan; renamed Commonwealth Savers Plan, duties of governing board.

SB 1546 - Ebbin - Restaurants; clarifies definition.

SJ 276 - Spruill - Governor; confirming appointments.



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