Length of school term; waiver for evacuation.
Summary
Requires the Board of Education to waive the requirement that school divisions provide additional teaching days or teaching hours to compensate for school closings resulting from an evacuation directed and compelled by the Governor for up to five teaching days. The bill provides that there shall be no proportionate reduction in the amount paid by the Commonwealth from the Basic School Aid Fund or the amount paid by a local governing body. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Signed Mar 19, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 15, 2019
D
Democratic15
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Mar 19, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 644 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 15, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB2124EH1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment from Appropriations agreed to
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute from Education agreed to 19105663D-H1
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 28, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Jan 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102025D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Glenn R. Davis
RRepublican
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