HB 1660 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Va. history & U.S. Constitution; Federalist Papers are required to be taught & explained to student.

Summary
Adds the Federalist Papers to a list of documents relating to Virginia history and the United States Constitution that are required to be explained and taught to students in public elementary, middle, and high schools. The bill requires the study of each such document to be incorporated into the appropriate Standards of Learning. The bill also requires the Department of Education to report biennially to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health on how such documents have been incorporated into the appropriate Standards of Learning and into curricula.
Bill status in committee 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Governor
Introduced Jan 5, 2017 Last action Feb 7, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Jan 27, 2017
Committee
Rereferred to Education
legislature
Jan 27, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
legislature
Jan 26, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Jan 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
legislature
Jan 5, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Jan 5, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101328D
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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