Virginia Senate Bill 1477 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-02 - Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Students with blindness or visual impairments. Makes several changes to provisions relating to students with blindness or visual impairments, including (i) requiring a learning media assessment (LMA) to be administered as part of the initial evaluation and each reevaluation of each student with blindness or visual impairments or more frequently, if such student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) team so determines and requiring instruction in Braille reading and writing and accommodations for materials in Braille to be included in the IEP of a student with blindness or visual impairments commensurate with his IEP team's determination of his needs based upon the results of such LMA and (ii) requiring the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired to assist the Board of Education and each local school board with ongoing professional development for teachers of students with blindness or visual impairments, including knowledge of and instruction in Braille and the administration and evaluation of LMAs.

Students with blindness or visual impairments; evaluation of students, Braille instruction.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2017-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-02	Senate	Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2017-01-25	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2017-01-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2017-01-17	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 17101836D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	217	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1477
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1477+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S04V0113+SB1477