Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report.
Summary
Establishes the Board of the Virginia Virtual School (the Board) as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of governing the full-time virtual school programs offered to students enrolled in the Virginia Virtual School (the School). The Secretary of Education is responsible for such agency. The 14-member Board is given operational control of the School and assigned powers and duties. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the bill requires the School to be open to any school-age person in the Commonwealth and to provide an educational program meeting the Standards of Quality for grades kindergarten through 12, with a maximum enrollment of 5,000 students statewide. The bill requires the average state share of Standards of Quality per pupil funding for each enrolled student to be transferred to the School. This bill is identical to
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2016
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Vetoed
Apr 2017
Introduced Aug 31, 2016
Vetoed Apr 5, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
2
Committee
7
Apr 5, 2017
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto (58-Y 42-N)
legislature
Mar 13, 2017
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 16, 2017
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
legislature
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (57-Y 40-N)
legislature
Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
legislature
Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Jan 26, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Jan 20, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
legislature
Aug 31, 2016
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Aug 31, 2016
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100178D
legislature
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard P. Bell
RRepublican
Co
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Christopher P. Stolle
RRepublican
Co
Jeffrey L. Campbell
RRepublican
Co
L. Mark Dudenhefer
RRepublican
Co
L. Scott Lingamfelter
RRepublican
Co
Mark L. Cole
RRepublican
Co
Matt Fariss
RRepublican
Co
Nick Freitas
RRepublican
Co
R. Steven Landes
RRepublican
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