School attendance; 4-H educational programs and activities.
Summary
School attendance; 4-H educational programs and activities. Provides that students who miss a partial or full day of school while participating in 4-H educational programs and activities shall not be counted as absent for the purposes of calculating average daily membership and shall receive course credit in the same manner as they would for a school field trip. The bill directs each local school board to develop policies and procedures for students to make up missed work and may determine the maximum number of school days per academic year that a student may spend participating in 4-H educational programs and activities to not be counted absent. This bill is identical to HB 246.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Signed Apr 1, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 1, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 28, 2022
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 1, 2022
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Apr 1, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 59 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 19, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103919D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Todd Pillion
RRepublican
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