SB 1240 Virginia Senate · 2017 Regular Session

Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report.

Summary
Establishes the Board of the Virginia Virtual School (the Board) as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of governing the full-time virtual school programs offered to students enrolled in the Virginia Virtual School (the School). The Secretary of Education is responsible for such agency. The 14-member Board is given operational control of the School and assigned powers and duties. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the bill requires the School to be open to any school-age person in the Commonwealth and to provide an educational program meeting the Standards of Quality for grades kindergarten through 12, with a maximum enrollment of 5,000 students statewide. The bill requires the average state share of Standards of Quality per pupil funding for each enrolled student to be transferred to the School. This bill is identical to
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Vetoed
Apr 2017
Introduced Jan 10, 2017 Vetoed Apr 5, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
3
Committee
7
Apr 5, 2017
Vetoed
Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
legislature
Mar 13, 2017
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed House (59-Y 37-N)
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1240S1
legislature
Feb 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17105164D-S1
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102925D
legislature
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors