Length of school term; waiver for evacuation.
Summary
Requires the Board of Education to waive the requirement that school divisions provide additional teaching days or teaching hours to compensate for school closings resulting from an evacuation directed and compelled by the Governor for up to five teaching days. The bill provides that there shall be no proportionate reduction in the amount paid by the Commonwealth from the Basic School Aid Fund or the amount paid by a local governing body. This bill is identical to
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2019
Last action Feb 20, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2019 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 4, 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
21
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Feb 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1269E
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101597D
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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