HB 958 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

School boards; inclusion of enrolled students in work of boards.

Summary
School boards; student member required.Requires each school board to establish a method for the selectionof a student to serve as a member of the school board, subject tothe following conditions: (i) the student is enrolled in a publichigh school in the local school division; (ii) any such student iseligible to be selected as a member of the school board without regardto such student's age or citizenship status, provided, however, thatin the event that the method for selection of the student member is election, the student meets the qualifications to hold electiveoffice set forth in Article II, Section 5 of the Constitution ofVirginia; (iii) the school board establishes detailed policies, procedures,and timelines relating to such selection method, including policiesthat establish term length, eligibility to serve with or withoutvoting privileges, eligibility for a salary, eligibility for selectionto subsequent terms, and grounds for removal; and (iv) each studentselected to serve as a member of the school board serves in additionto and not as a replacement for any member duly authorized and selectedto serve on the school board in accordance with relevant law, andeach such student member factors into the calculation of a quorum.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Vetoed
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Vetoed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024

How they voted

39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Mar 4, 2024
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
12
Committee
8
Amendments
4
Apr 17, 2024
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB958ER)
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Senate amendment agreed to by House (52-Y 47-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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