Virginia House Bill 365 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Education and Department of Workforce Development and Advancement; work group; regional workforce development and child care initiative in Southwest Virginia; report. Requires the Department of Education and the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement to jointly establish and appoint such members as such departments deem appropriate to a work group to monitor the implementation of the regional workforce development and child care initiative being implemented by the United Way of Southwest Virginia, the Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia, Food City, and the Town of Abingdon in Abingdon and in four other locations throughout the surrounding region. The bill requires such work group to monitor the extent to which such initiative achieves its stated goals, including in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, teacher training, and access to child care, and to report its findings and any associated recommendations for the replication of such initiative in other regions of the Commonwealth to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Commerce and Energy, the House Committee on Education, the House Committee on General Laws, the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology no later than November 1, 2025.

Regional workforce development and child care initiative; implementation in Southwest Va.

Del. Marty Martinez [D]

Del. Dan Helmer [D]

2024-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Rules
2024-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N)
2024-01-25	House	Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee
2024-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2024-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101923D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB365
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB365+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H2001V0032+HB0365