Standards of Quality; staffing requirements, librarians and clerical personnel.
Summary
Provides that a local school board that is required to employ two full-time librarians for any middle school or high school may meet such requirement by employing two full-time librarians or one full-time librarian and one full-time media specialist or instructional resource teacher. The bill also provides that a local school board that is required to employ a full-time school-based clerical person for the library for any middle school or high school may meet such requirement by employing one full-time school-based clerical person for the library, for instruction, or for assessment or career planning, or by employing one full-time classroom instructional assistant.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 5, 2018
Last action Mar 2, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Mar 2, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Mar 2, 2018
Committee
Referred from Appropriations by voice vote
legislature
Feb 28, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Education
legislature
Feb 22, 2018
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
legislature
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB261E
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Amendment by Senator Suetterlein agreed to
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by temporarily
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 7, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 6, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Jan 5, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Jan 5, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101780D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Suetterlein
RRepublican
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