Guidance and resources; composting programs in local school divisions.
Summary
Department of Education; guidance and resources;composting programs in local school divisions. Requires the Departmentof Education to develop, post in a publicly accessible format andlocation on its website, and make available to any school board, upon request, guidance and resources relating to the establishment oflocal experiential learning programs on the composting of organicmaterial, including uneaten school cafeteria food, for sustainablepurposes such as horticulture or micro-farming, including guidanceand resources on available grants and other sources of funding forsuch programs.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 2, 2024
Last action Feb 29, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 23, 2024
How they voted
57–40
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 98
Jan 23, 2024
D
Democratic49
100% Yea
R
Republican49
81% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (58-Y 40-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB166E
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (15-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12
lower
Jan 2, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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