HB 696 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Recovery high schools; establishment, authorization in certain Superintendents' regions.

Summary
Establishment of recovery high schools; authorizationin certain Superintendent's regions. Authorizes any school boardthat governs a school division located in Superintendent's Region2, 4, or 7 to establish a recovery high school in the relevant schooldivision as a year-round high school (i) for which enrollment isopen to any high school student who resides in the relevant Superintendent'sregion and is in the early stages of recovery from substance usedisorder or dependency and (ii) for the purpose of providing suchstudents with the academic, emotional, and social support necessaryto make progress toward earning a high school diploma and reintegratinginto a traditional high school setting.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Mar 4, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024

How they voted

98–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 99
Feb 13, 2024
D Democratic50
50 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican49
48 Yea 1
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
9
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

Sponsors