Graduation requirements; verified units of credit, satisfactory score on the PSAT examination.
Summary
Requires the Board of Education, in establishing graduation requirements, to provide for the award of verified units of credit for a satisfactory score, as determined by the Board, on the Preliminary ACT (PreACT) or the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) examination.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 10, 2017
Signed Mar 24, 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
23
Key actions
6
Committee
8
Mar 24, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 685 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1982S1
legislature
Feb 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17105556D-S1
legislature
Feb 10, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
legislature
Jan 31, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Jan 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 27, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1982H1
legislature
Jan 27, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17104287D-H1
legislature
Jan 20, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101318D
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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