Education, Board of; qualifications of members, Governor shall consider appointing two members.
Summary
Board of Education; membership; qualifications. Requires the nine-member Board of Education, all of whom are appointedby the Governor, to include at least one member with experience orexpertise in local government leadership or policymaking, at leastone member with experience or expertise in career and technical education,and at least one member with experience or expertise in early childhoodeducation.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Signed Apr 27, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2022
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Mar 7, 2022
D
Democratic17
88% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 27, 2022
Executive · Passed
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Apr 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Apr 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 8-N)
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0-2)
senate
Mar 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (78-Y 22-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100654D
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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