School boards; career and technical education;academic and career plans; contents. Requires each school boardto include, as part of each student's academic and career plan inthe career and technical education curricula, a list of (i) the top100 professions in the Commonwealth by median pay and the education,training, and skills required for each such profession and (ii) thetop 10 degree programs at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth by median pay of program graduates. The bill requiresthe Department of Education to annually compile such lists and providethem to each local school board.
Workers' compensation; Ombudsman program. Authorizes the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission to create an Ombudsman program and appoint an ombudsman to administer such program. The program's purpose is to provide neutral educational information and assistance to persons who are not represented by an attorney, including those persons who have claims pending or docketed before the Commission.
Charter; City of Hopewell. Exempts from a referendum requirement bonds issued for the construction, improvement, expansion, or replacement of existing public buildings or facilities, and authorizes the City to replace existing buildings or facilities on an alternative site.
Tax delinquent real property; correction oftax records. Transfers from the local clerk of court to the localtreasurer the duties of maintaining records of delinquent real property taxes and sales of such property and of correcting records relating to such property.
Juvenile confinement for violation of courtorder. Reduces from 10 days to seven days the maximum allowableperiod of confinement of a juvenile in a secure facility for a contemptviolation or when a child in need of supervision is found to havewillfully and materially violated an order of the court. The billalso provides that any order of disposition of such violation confiningthe juvenile in a secure facility for juveniles shall (i) identifythe valid court order that has been violated; (ii) specify the factualbasis for determining that there is reasonable cause to believe thatthe juvenile has violated such order; (iii) state the findings offact that support a determination that there is no appropriate lessrestrictive alternative available to placing the juvenile in sucha facility, with due consideration to the best interest of the juvenile;(iv) specify the length of time of such confinement, not to exceedseven days; and (v) include a plan for the juvenile's release fromsuch facility.
Schedule VI controlled substances; hypodermic syringes and needles; limited-use license. Allows the Board of Pharmacy to issue a limited-use license for the purpose of dispensing Schedule VI controlled substances, excluding the combination of misoprostol and methotrexate, and hypodermic syringes and needles for the administration of prescribed controlled substances to a doctor of medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatry, a nurse practitioner, or a physician assistant, provided that such limited-use licensee is practicing at a nonprofit facility. The bill requires such nonprofit facilities to obtain a limited-use permit from the Board and comply with regulations for such a permit. This bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 1654.
Dangerous captive animal exhibits; penalty. Prohibits a keeper of dangerous captive animals, defined in the bill, from providing or offering to provide to any member of the public, for free or for a cost, direct contact with such dangerous captive animal. The bill provides that a violation is a Class 3 misdemeanor and that the keeper is subject to a fine of not more than $500. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.
Local school boards; support services positions; licensed behavior analysts and licensed assistant behavior analysts. Includes licensed behavior analysts and licensed assistant behavior analysts as support services positions in a local school division for the purposes of Title 22.1 (Education).
Virginia Public Procurement Act; architecturaland professional engineering term contracts; limitations on projectfees; localities. Decreases the population threshold from 78,000to 50,000 for a locality to qualify for the exceptions from (i) the $150,000 single-project fee limit for architectural and professional engineering term contracts and (ii) the $750,000 annual aggregatetotal limit for all such projects.
Schedule VI controlled substances; hypodermic syringes and needles; limited-use license. Allows the Board of Pharmacy to issue a limited-use license for the purpose of dispensing Schedule VI controlled substances, excluding the combination of misoprostol and methotrexate, and hypodermic syringes and needles for the administration of prescribed controlled substances to a doctor of medicine, osteopathic medicine, or podiatry, a nurse practitioner, or a physician assistant, provided that such limited-use licensee is practicing at a nonprofit facility. The bill requires such nonprofit facilities to obtain a limited-use permit from the Board and comply with regulations for such a permit. This bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. This bill is identical to SB 1074.
Board of Juvenile Justice; Department of BehavioralHealth and Developmental Services; regulations governing the housingof youth pursuant to contracts with the federal government. Requiresthe Board of Juvenile Justice, in collaboration with the Departmentof Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, to promulgate regulationsgoverning the housing of youth who are detained in a juvenile correctionalfacility pursuant to a contract with the federal government and notcommitted to such juvenile correctional facility by a court of theCommonwealth.
Charter; City of Winchester. Amends theCity of Winchester's charter to provide for an elected school boardand to reduce the size of the school board from nine to seven members.
