HB 2305 Virginia House of Delegates · 2021 Regular Session

Governor's Schools; Board of Education to issue guidance on the governance of academic year.

Summary
Board of Education; guidance on the governance of academic year Governor's Schools. Requires the Board of Education to issue guidance on the governance of academic year Governor's Schools, including communication and outreach practices, admissions policies, and guidelines on diversity, equity, and inclusion training. The bill requires such guidance to focus on the importance of increasing access to Governor's Schools for historically underserved students and to include best practices on (i) conducting information sessions about the school and the availability of gifted, advanced, and specialty education program opportunities for feeder public middle schools; (ii) strengthening the student pipeline in feeder public middle schools, prioritizing the most underserved and underrepresented students and public middle schools; and (iii) conducting programs related to and evaluations of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The bill requires the Board of Education, in developing such guidance, to collaborate with relevant stakeholders representing the geographical areas served by the Regional Governor's Schools, including local school boards representing the geographical areas served by the Regional Governor's Schools, Regional Governor's School boards, and Governor's School directors.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2021 Last action Feb 18, 2021
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 2, 2021

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2021
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (58-Y 41-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2305E
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Committee
Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 21103341D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Roslyn C. Tyler
Roslyn C. Tyler
DDemocratic
VA
75