Career investigation courses and programs of instruction; Board of Education to establish.
Summary
Requires the Board of Education (Board) to (i) establish content standards and curriculum guidelines for courses in career investigation; (ii) develop, in consultation with certain stakeholders, resource materials that are designed to ensure that students have the ability to further explore interest in career and technical education opportunities in middle and high school; and (iii) disseminate such career investigation resource materials to each school board. The bill directs each school board to require each middle school student to take at least one course or alternative program of instruction in career investigation.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2018
Last action Mar 15, 2018
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
17
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Feb 21, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
legislature
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB632H1
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18106403D-H1
legislature
Jan 19, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Jan 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Jan 8, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103176D
legislature
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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