HB 495 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Standards of School Safety; Board of Education, et al., to establish.

Summary
Board of Education; Standards of Quality; Standardsof School Safety. Requires the Board of Education, in collaborationwith the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety and such otherstakeholders as it deems appropriate, to establish pursuant to regulationthe Standards of School Safety for the purpose of assessing schoolsafety in each local school division in the Commonwealth and eachschool building therein based on such objective, quantifiable measuresof safety as the Board deems appropriate. The bill requires the Boardto incorporate compliance with the Standards of School Safety asa school and school division accountability measure for the purposes of the Standards of Accreditation.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2024
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Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2024 Last action Feb 13, 2024
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Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)
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Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
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Tom Garrett
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