School boards; expands availability of allowable alternatives for pupil transportation.
Summary
Schools boards; pupil transportation; alternatives. Expands the availability of allowable alternatives to traditional school bus transportation services relating to the transportation of students to and from school or school-related activities, including permitting any school board of a school division for which providing transportation by school bus is not cost effective to use a portion of its transportation funding to provide a grant to any parent of a student who provides student transportation to and from school, subject to certain conditions enumerated in the bill.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Nov 19, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2024
How they voted
81–19
Passed
Total votes 100
Feb 12, 2024
D
Democratic51
64% Yea
R
Republican49
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (81-Y 19-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (81-Y 19-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB842E
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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