Del. Terry Kilgore

Attorneys; examinations and issuance of licenses; requirements. Requires, before an applicant is permitted to takethe Virginia bar exam, that the applicant furnish to the Board ofBar Examiners satisfactory evidence that he has satisfactorily completedlegal studies amounting to at least five semesters, or the equivalentof at least five semesters on a system other than a semester system,of full-time study at a law school approved by the American Bar Associationor the Board of Bar Examiners. Under current law, an applicant isrequired to have completed all degree requirements of such law school.

Board of Education; stakeholder group; evaluation of and recommendations for certain current and proposed policies and performance standards for public elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Board of Education to collaborate with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary of Education to evaluate, to implement where possible, and to otherwise make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the following goals: (i) promoting excellence in instruction and student achievement in mathematics; (ii) increasing the number of academic year Governor's Schools in the Commonwealth and maintaining standards of excellence for students in all such schools; (iii) preserving the Advanced Studies Diploma as an option for students in public high schools in the Commonwealth; (iv) increasing the transparency and honesty of performance measures for public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth and ensuring that such measures do not obscure or conceal disparities in performance among student groups and reduce or eliminate disparities among student groups; (v) ensuring that performance measures for public elementary and secondary schools prioritize the attainment of grade-level proficiency and growth during the course of a school year and from school year to school year in reading and mathematics for all students, especially in grades kindergarten through five; (vi) ensuring that the Commonwealth's proficiency standards on Standards of Learning assessments in reading and mathematics are rigorous in comparison with assessments administered by other states and national assessments in reading and mathematics; and (vii) restoring a strong accreditation system that promotes meaningful accountability year-over-year. The bill requires the Secretary of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, no later than November 30, 2022, to report to the chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health the results of such evaluation and recommendations to achieve such goals.

Insurance holding company systems; group capital calculation and liquidity stress test. Requires that certaininsurers that are members of an insurance holding company systemfile a group capital calculation in accordance with the NationalAssociation of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Group Capital CalculationInstructions and a liquidity stress test in accordance with the NAICLiquidity Stress Test Framework. The bill provides exceptions tosuch reporting requirements and contains various provisions regardingthe confidentiality of information contained in such reports. Thebill authorizes the State Corporation Commission to require a depositor bond when an insurer that is a member of an insurance holdingcompany system is in a hazardous financial condition or a condition that would be grounds for the supervision, conservation, or delinquency proceeding.

Charter; Town of St. Charles. Terminates the Town of St. Charles in Lee County. This bill is identical to SB 589.

Distrained or levied on personal property;auctioneers or auction firms outside the county or city of an officer.Allows for the use of a Virginia-licensed auctioneer or auction firmin selling distrained or levied on personal property and the transportationof such property to an auction site for such sale, regardless ofwhether the auction site is within or outside the county or cityof the officer responsible for selling such property. Under currentlaw, an officer who distrains or levies on personal property is notallowed to remove such property from his county or city.

School attendance; 4-H educational programs andactivities. Provides that students who miss a partial or fullday of school while participating in 4-H educational programs andactivities shall not be counted as absent for the purposes of calculatingaverage daily membership and shall receive course credit in the samemanner as they would for a school field trip. The bill directs eachlocal school board to develop policies and procedures for studentsto make up missed work and may determine the maximum number of schooldays per academic year that a student may spend participating in 4-Heducational programs and activities to not be counted absent. Thisbill is identical to SB 596.

Human trafficking training for law-enforcement personnel. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards for law-enforcement personnel regarding the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking. This bill is identical to SB 467.

Bail for a person accused of a crime that is an act of violence; notice to attorney for the Commonwealth. Requires a magistrate to transmit within 24 hours a copy of the checklist for bail determination form to the attorney for the Commonwealth when a magistrate conducts a bail hearing for a person arrested on a warrant or capias for an act of violence. The bill also provides that transmission of such copy to the attorney for the Commonwealth may be by facsimile or other electronic means. This bill is identical to SB 614.

Providing for legislation to be carried over from the 2022 Regular Session to a 2022 Special Session of the General Assembly.