Elementary Schools
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Public elementary and secondary school libraries; catalog of printed and audiovisual materials, etc. [HB-1379]
Public elementary and secondary school libraries; catalog of printed and audiovisual materials; graphic sexual content; parental opt out and request for review. Requires the principal of each public elementary or secondary school or his designee to (i) maintain in an electronic spreadsheet or a substantially similar electronic format a catalog of all printed and audiovisual materials, as defined in the bill, that are contained in the school library; (ii) identify each item in such catalog by title, author, and such other identifying features or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (9-y 6-n) on 02/16/2023
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Public elementary and secondary school buildings; standards for maintenance, operations, etc. [SB-603]
Board of Education; standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to make recommendations to the General Assembly for amendments to the Standards of Quality to establish standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. The bill requires such recommendations to include standards for the percentage of the current replacement value of a public
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/21/2022
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Public elementary and secondary schools; competitive compensation for certain positions. [SB-157]
Competitive compensation for certain positions in public elementary and secondary schools. Declares it the goal of the Commonwealth that its public school teachers and all other individuals employed in Standards of Quality-funded positions be compensated at a rate that is competitive, defined as at or above the national average salary for the position, in order to attract and keep highly qualified individuals in such positions. The bill requires state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act in a sum sufficient to fund a
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Sponsored by: Sen. Ghazala Hashmi
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/21/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Private elementary and secondary schools; retaliation for good faith reports of child abuse. [HB-1352]
Private elementary and secondary schools; retaliation for good faith reports of child abuse or neglect prohibited. Prohibits any private elementary or secondary school from retaliating in any manner against any individual who in good faith reports child abuse or neglect as mandated by relevant law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (15-y 0-n) on 02/28/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public elementary and secondary schools, etc.; provision of in-person instruction. [SB-739]
Public elementary and secondary schools and public school-based early childhood care and education programs; student instruction; masks; emergency. Requires, except in the case of the 10 unscheduled remote learning days otherwise permitted by law or in certain cases of student discipline, each school board to offer in-person instruction, as defined in the bill, to each student enrolled in the local school division in a public elementary or secondary school for at least the minimum number of required annual instructional hours and to each student
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Enacted, Chapter 2 (effective 2/16/22) on 02/16/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public elementary and secondary schools, etc.; student instruction. [HB-1272]
Public elementary and secondary schools and public school-based early childhood care and education programs; student instruction; masks. Requires, except in the case of the 10 unscheduled remote learning days otherwise permitted by law or in certain cases of student discipline, each school board to offer in-person instruction, as defined in the bill, to each student enrolled in the local school division in a public elementary or secondary school for at least the minimum number of required annual instructional hours and to each student enrolled in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0780) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
School divisions, local; work group to recommend ways to procure accessible digital tools. [HB-1246]
Public elementary and secondary schools; students; digital tools; accessibility. Requires the Department of Education to convene a work group to provide input and recommendations to the Department of Education, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2022, regarding (i) ways in which school divisions can effectively identify and receive responsive and responsible bids from vendors to procure digital tools, including online platforms, courses, digital applications, information and communication technology services,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Tran
Continued To 2023 In Finance And Appropriations (15-y 0-n) on 03/02/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Sexually explicit content; DOE shall develop model policies, parental notification. [SB-656]
Department of Education; local school boards; policies on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop no later than July 31, 2022, model policies and each local school board to adopt no later than January 1, 2023, policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0100) on 04/06/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public elementary and secondary school buildings; standards for maintenance, operations, etc. [SB-603]
Board of Education; standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to make recommendations to the General Assembly for amendments to the Standards of Quality to establish standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. The bill requires such recommendations to include standards for the percentage of the current replacement value of a public
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Continued To 2023 In Finance And Appropriations (8-y 8-n) on 02/09/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public elementary and secondary schools; curricula and instruction. [SB-570]
Public elementary and secondary schools; curricula and instruction including inherently divisive concepts prohibited. Requires each public elementary or secondary school principal to ensure that no curriculum utilized or instruction delivered in the school includes inherently divisive concepts, as that term is defined in the bill, regardless of whether such curriculum or instruction is provided by a school board employee or any other individual or entity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (9-y 4-n) on 02/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public schools; evaluation & recommendations for certain current and proposed policies. [SB-558]
Board of Education; evaluation of and recommendations for Board of Education; evaluation of and recommendations for certain current and proposed policies and performance standards for public elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Board of Education to collaborate with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary of Education to evaluate, to implement where possible, and to otherwise make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the following goals: (i) promoting excellence in instruction and student achievement in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Ruff
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (9-y 5-n) on 02/10/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
School boards; employment of at least one school resource officer in elementary & secondary schools. [SB-415]
School boards; school resource officers; employment; threat assessment. Requires each school board to enter into a collaborative agreement with the local law-enforcement agency to employ at least one school resource officer in each public elementary and secondary school in the local school division. The bill provides that no school board shall be granted any full or partial waiver from such staffing requirements and that no school board that fails to fully comply with such staffing requirements is eligible for any grant or waiver from the Commonwealth,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Failed To Report (defeated) In Education And Health (4-y 11-n) on 02/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public elementary and secondary schools; curricula and instruction. [HB-1068]
Public elementary and secondary schools; curricula and instruction including inherently divisive concepts prohibited. Requires each public elementary or secondary school principal to ensure that no curriculum utilized or instruction delivered in the school includes inherently divisive concepts, as that term is defined in the bill, regardless of whether such curriculum or instruction is provided by a school board employee or any other individual or entity.
Sponsored by: Rep. G. Avoli
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public elementary and secondary education; cultural competency training. [HB-1093]
Public elementary and secondary education; school boards and employees; cultural competency training; evaluations. Requires the evaluation of each public school teacher and principal and division superintendent to include an evaluation of cultural competency if the relevant local school board has adopted and implemented policies to require cultural competency training. Under current law, such an evaluation of cultural competency is required and not conditioned upon any such action of the local school board. The bill permits any school board to adopt
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph McNamara
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (9-y 6-n) on 03/03/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public elementary and secondary school buildings; standards for maintenance, operations, etc. [HB-1100]
Board of Education; standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to make recommendations to the General Assembly for amendments to the Standards of Quality to establish standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. The bill requires such recommendations to include standards for the percentage of the current replacement value of a public
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public elementary & secondary education; school boards & employees to promote diversity and respect. [HB-977]
Public elementary and secondary education; school boards and employees; promotion of diversity and respect. Requires each local school board and employee thereof to promote (i) diversity and respect, with the understanding that all individuals are created equal and diversity is a strength of the United States, and (ii) the concept that all cultures have contributed greatly to the rich history of the United States and the way of life that Americans enjoy today. The bill prohibits any local school board or employee thereof from training, teaching,
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Left In Education on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Sexually explicit content; DOE shall develop model policies, parental notification. [HB-1009]
Department of Education; policy on sexually explicit content in instructional material. Requires the Department of Education to develop and each local school board to adopt model policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards relating to (i) ensuring parental notification; (ii) directly identifying the specific instructional material and sexually explicit subjects; and (iii) permitting the parent of any student to review
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Failed To Report (defeated) In Education And Health (7-y 8-n) on 02/24/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership, etc. [HB-873]
Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership; law-enforcement liaison for certain school administrators. Requires, in the case of any public elementary or secondary school in which a school resource officer is employed, the threat assessment team for such school to include at least one such school resource officer. The bill requires the chief local law-enforcement officer for any local school division in which a public elementary or secondary school does not employ a school resource officer to designate a law-enforcement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0769) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public schools; evaluation & recommendations for certain current and proposed policies, revisions. [HB-938]
Board of Education; stakeholder group; evaluation of and recommendations for certain current and proposed policies and performance standards for public elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Board of Education to collaborate with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary of Education to convene a group of stakeholders to include parents, public school principals, public school superintendents, public school board members, public school teachers, institutions of higher education, the State Council of Higher Education for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0099) on 04/06/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Sexually explicit instructional material; Board of Education to establish policy. [HB-1007]
Board of Education; policy on sexually explicit instructional material. Requires the Board of Education to establish, and each local school board to comply with, a policy to require each public elementary or secondary school to (i) notify the parent of any student whose teacher reasonably expects to provide instructional material that includes sexually explicit content, (ii) permit the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content upon request, and (iii) provide, as an alternative to instructional
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Left In Education on 02/15/2022