Del. Terry Kilgore

Commending CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable RobertS. Bloxom, Sr.

Special license plates; NOT FORGOTTEN. Authorizesthe issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supportersof Americans listed as prisoners of war or missing in action bearingthe legend NOT FORGOTTEN. The bill requires that the design of suchplate incorporate the POW/MIA Flag as designated by the federal NationalPOW/MIA Flag Act. The bill exempts these special license plates fromthe requirement to obtain 450 prepaid applications for such plate.The bill provides that some of the license plate fees will be depositedin the POW/MIA Fund, established within the Department of Accounts,and paid annually to the National League of Families of American Prisonersand Missing in Southeast Asia and used to support its operation andprograms in Virginia.

Special license plates; SPEARHEAD TRAILS.Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license platesfor supporters of the Southwest Regional Recreation Authority bearingthe legend SPEARHEAD TRAILS. The bill exempts these special licenseplates from the requirement to obtain 450 prepaid applications forsuch plate.

Required local effort for basic aid; debt serviceon projects in certain school divisions. Permits any local schoolboard that governs a school division (i) in which the locality isdesignated as fiscally at-risk or fiscally distressed by the AppalachianRegional Commission in the most recent fiscal year or is determinedto have above-average fiscal stress or high fiscal stress by theVirginia Commission on Local Government in its most recent "Reporton Comparative Revenue Capacity, Revenue Effort, and Fiscal Stressof Virginia Counties and Cities" and (ii) for which the composite index of local ability to pay is less than or equal to 0.2000 toexpend up to 25 percent of the required local effort for basic aidfor debt service on school building capital renovation or constructionprojects. The bill provides that in the event that the school divisionno longer meets such criteria, the local school board shall developand implement a plan to readjust expenditures of the required localeffort for basic aid over the course of no more than four fiscalyears. The bill also provides that in the event that a school division that no longer met such criteria subsequently meets the criteriaagain after developing a plan, the local school board may seek theapproval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to amend suchplan. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2033.

Commonwealth Broadband Chief Advisor; broadbandservice territory maps. Requires the Commonwealth Broadband ChiefAdvisor to develop and maintain a map of private broadband providerservice territories, including accurate average broadband speeds insuch territories. The map shall be updated yearly and be made availableto the public.

Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments;reduction. Reduces the total number and type of required Standardsof Learning assessments to the minimum requirements established bythe federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended.

Department of Education; School ConstructionFund and Program. Establishes the School Construction Fund asa special nonreverting fund in the state treasury and requires theDepartment of Education to establish the School Construction Programfor the purpose of providing grants from the Fund, subject to certainconditions, to school boards that leverage federal, state, and localprograms and resources to finance the design and construction ofnew school buildings and facilities or the modernization and maintenanceof existing school buildings and facilities.

Parole; investigation prior to release; noticeto victim. Requires the Parole Board to contact all victims ofa crime for which a prisoner is incarcerated and eligible for paroleand notify them that they may request that the Board only notifythe victim if, following its review, the Board is inclined to grantparole to the prisoner, in which case the victim shall have 45 daysto present written or oral testimony for the Board's consideration.Current law states that a victim may request notification only ifthe Board is inclined to grant parole, but does not require the Boardto notify victims of such option.

Voting Rights for Women Month. DesignatesNovember, in 2021 and in each succeeding year, as Voting Rights forWomen Month in Virginia.