VA HB5009 | 2020 | 1st Special Session
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Introduced on August 11 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-09 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on August 11 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-09 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
School boards; in-person instruction; student home internet access; emergency. Requires each school board to provide in-person instruction to any student whose primary residence is not capable of receiving Internet access at speeds greater than 10 MBps download speed and one MBps upload speed. The bill contains an emergency clause. The bill sunsets upon the expiration of the state of emergency declared by the Governor in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Commonwealth.
Title
School boards; in-person instruction, student home internet access.
Sponsors
| Del. Mark Cole [R] | Del. John Avoli [R] | Del. Amanda Batten [R] | Del. Joshua Cole [D] |
| Del. Dave LaRock [R] | Del. Charles Poindexter [R] | Del. Wendell Walker [R] | Del. Michael Webert [R] |
| Del. Scott Wyatt [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-09 | House | Left in Education |
| 2020-08-11 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2020-08-11 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200361D |
Code Citations
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5009 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5009+hil |
