Virginia House Bill 1515 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

School boards; staffing ratios; school counselors. Requires school boards to employ school counselors in accordance with the following ratios: (i) effective with the 2020–2021 school year, in elementary schools, one hour per day per 60 students, one full-time at 300 students, one hour per day additional time per 60 students or major fraction thereof; in middle and high schools, one period per 55 students, one full-time at 275 students, one additional period per 55 students or major fraction thereof and (ii) effective with the 2021–2022 school year, in elementary, middle, and high schools, one hour per day per 50 students, one full-time at 250 students, one additional hour per day per 50 students or major fraction thereof. Under current law, school boards are required to employ school counselors in accordance with the following ratios: in elementary schools, one hour per day per 75 students, one full-time at 375 students, one hour per day additional time per 75 students or major fraction thereof; in middle schools, one period per 65 students, one full-time at 325 students, one additional period per 65 students or major fraction thereof; in high schools, one period per 60 students, one full-time at 300 students, one additional period per 60 students or major fraction thereof.

School boards; staffing ratios of school counselors.

Del. Delores McQuinn [D]

2020-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Education
2020-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-15	House	Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2020-01-08	House	Presented and ordered printed 20100773D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	253.13:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1515
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1515+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0903V0018+HB1515