Bill Text: VA SB2 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Public schools; textbooks approved by BOE shall note Sea of Japan is also referred to as East Sea.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440) [SB2 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-SB2-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 440 An Act to require approved textbooks to refer to the Sea of Japan as the East Sea. [S 2] Approved March 31, 2014

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That all textbooks approved by the Board of Education pursuant to §22.1-238 of the Code of Virginia, when referring to the Sea of Japan, shall note that it is also referred to as the East Sea.

2. That the provisions of this act shall not affect any textbook approved by the Board of Education prior to July 1, 2014.