Children in residence or custody; participation in educational programs.
Summary
Requires any person of school age who is admitted to the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents to be permitted to participate in any education program offered in the facility that is administered by the Department of Education, regardless of his enrollment status, unless such person has been excused from attendance at school due to a bona fide religious training or belief. The bill permits information required to enroll such person in any such education program to be disclosed in accordance with state and federal law. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 7, 2019
Signed Mar 8, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2019 · House of Delegates Jan 23, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 14, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Mar 8, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 281 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 14, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 7, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Jan 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1986H1
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105308D-H1
lower
Jan 23, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-0)
house of delegates
Jan 11, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100170D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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