Designates the third full week of March, in 2018 and in each succeeding year, as Women Veterans Week in Virginia.
Provides that if the adopted local transportation plan designates corridors planned to be served by mass transit, a portion of its allocation from (i) the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority distribution, (ii) the commercial and industrial real property tax revenue, and (iii) the secondary system road construction program may be used for the purpose of utility undergrounding in the planned corridor, if the locality matches 100 percent of the state allocation.
Reduces the maximum length of a long-term suspension from 364 calendar days to 45 school days. The bill permits a long-term suspension to extend beyond a 45-school-day period, not to exceed 364 calendar days, if (i) the offense involves weapons, drugs, or serious bodily injury or (ii) the school board or division superintendent or his designee finds that aggravating circumstances exist, as defined by the Department of Education. The bill requires the Department of Education's definition of aggravating circumstances to include consideration of a student's disciplinary history.
