SB 5021 Virginia Senate · 2020, 1st Special Session

Public schools; mandatory virtual learning, provision of required technology and Internet service.

Summary
Public schools; mandatory virtual learning;provision of required technology and Internet service; emergency.Provides that if a school board requires students to engage in virtuallearning for any reason, whether full time or part time, and a computerand Internet service to connect to the curriculum is required, thenthe school board must provide appropriate technology devices to everystudent enrolled in the school system so they may access the learningplatform. Additionally, the bill requires school boards to provideadequate Internet service to a student's household at no cost ifa student's family income is below 125 percent of the federal povertyguidelines. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2020
Committee Review
Aug 2020
Senate Passage
Aug 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Aug 12, 2020 Last action Aug 20, 2020
Floor votes

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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Aug 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
upper
Aug 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Aug 12, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 08/18/20 20200312D
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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