Learning needs dashboard; Department of Education shall continue to maintain, sunset date.
Summary
Superintendent of Public Instruction; pandemicrecovery task force; report. Requires the Superintendent ofPublic Instruction to establish and appoint such members as he deems necessary or appropriate to a pandemic recovery task force (the taskforce) within the Department of Education, the purpose of which isto examine the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on publiceducation in the Commonwealth and to provide recommendations, guidance,and resources to each local school division in order to enable allenrolled students to thrive academically, socially, and emotionallyand to meet or exceed pre-pandemic levels on all relevant metricsof student achievement and well-being. The bill requires the taskforce to focus particularly on student learning loss, attendance,and mental health and on vulnerable populations of students and toannually submit a report of its findings and recommendations to theBoard, the Governor, the General Assembly, and each school boardno later than November 1.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 1, 2024
Signed Mar 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House of Delegates Jan 26, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 26, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Mar 28, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 173 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB131ER)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 16, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood
lower
Jan 1, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kelly Fowler
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Askew
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Laufer
DDemocratic
Co
Bonita Anthony
DDemocratic
Co
Candi King
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Debra Gardner
DDemocratic
Co
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
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