VA HB442 | 2018 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Passed on March 2 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0139)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Career and technical education credentials; testing accommodations for English language learners. Requires the Department of Education to develop, maintain, and make available to each local school board a catalogue of the testing accommodations available to English language learners for each certification, examination, assessment, and battery that satisfies the career and technical education credential graduation requirement. The bill requires each local school board to develop and implement policies to require each high school principal or his designee to notify each English language learner of the availability of such testing accommodations prior to the student's participation in any such certification, examination, assessment, or battery. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2019.

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Title

Career and technical education credentials; testing accommodations for English language learners.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2018-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 3-N) (Y: 95 N: 3 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2018-03-02 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0139)
2018-03-02 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 139 (effective 7/1/19)
2018-02-26 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
2018-02-26HouseEnrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
2018-02-23SenateSigned by President
2018-02-21HouseSigned by Speaker
2018-02-21HouseBill text as passed House and Senate (HB442ER)
2018-02-21HouseEnrolled
2018-02-19SenatePassed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-19SenateRead third time
2018-02-16SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2018-02-15SenateReported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2018-02-07SenateAssigned Education sub: Public Education
2018-02-05SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2018-02-05SenateConstitutional reading dispensed
2018-02-02HouseVOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 3-N)
2018-02-02HouseRead third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N)
2018-02-01HouseEngrossed by House - committee substitute HB442H1
2018-02-01HouseCommittee substitute agreed to 18105520D-H1
2018-02-01HouseRead second time
2018-01-31HouseRead first time
2018-01-29HouseCommittee substitute printed 18105520D-H1
2018-01-29HouseReported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
2018-01-24HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
2018-01-19HouseAssigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-01-06HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2018-01-06HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102028D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221253.13:4(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB442
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB442+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB442H1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB442ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0139+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0902V0009+HB0442
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H09V0020+HB0442
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0290+HB0442
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S04V0222+HB0442
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0539HB0442+HB0442
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0543HB0442+HB0442

Bill Comments

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