SB 775 Virginia Senate · 2018 Regular Session

Public schools; military children, tuition.

Summary
Prohibits the child of a person on active military duty who is attending school for free from being charged tuition upon such child's relocation pursuant to orders his parent received to relocate to a new duty station or to be deployed. The bill allows the child to remain enrolled in the current school division free of tuition through the end of the school year. The bill also prohibits the child of a person on active military duty who is eligible to attend a school for free from being charged tuition by a school division that will be that child's school division of residence upon such child's service member parent's relocation to the jurisdiction for that school division pursuant to orders received.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2018 Last action Mar 9, 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
3
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Mar 7, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 23, 2018
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
legislature
Feb 21, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 19, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Jan 29, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
legislature
Jan 22, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB775E
legislature
Jan 22, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Jan 22, 2018
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Jan 10, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101502D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Mamie Locke
DDemocratic
VA
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