HB 156 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Critical National Security Language Grant Fund and Program; created and established.

Summary
Critical National Security Language Grant Fundand Program established. Establishes the Critical National SecurityLanguage Grant Fund and the Critical National Security Language GrantProgram within the Department of Education for the purpose of awardinggrants on a competitive basis to any school division that providesa foreign language course in a foreign language that is currentlyidentified as critical by the National Security Language Initiativefor Youth scholarship program. Such grants are limited to $5,000per student who successfully completes a critical foreign languagecourse per school year.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 20, 2019 Last action Feb 11, 2020
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 22, 2020

How they voted

20–2
Passed
Total votes 22
Jan 22, 2020
D Democratic13
13 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican9
7 Yea 2 Nay
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
8
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2020
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-2)
house of delegates
Jan 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
lower
Dec 20, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Dec 20, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101970D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors