Del. Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones

Co-sponsor HB 1419

Failed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Public schools; instructional time.

Requires local school boards to provide (i) a minimum of 680 hours of instructional time to students in elementary, except for students in half-day kindergarten, in the four academic disciplines of English, mathematics, science, and history and social science and (ii) a minimum of 375 hours of instructional time to students in half-day kindergarten in the four academic disciplines of English, mathematics, science, and history and social science. The bill authorizes local school boards to include and requires the Board of Education to accept, elementary school, unstructured recreational time that is intended to develop teamwork, social skills, and overall physical fitness in any calculation of total instructional time or teaching hours.

Failed Mar 8, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 170

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Sonnie P. Penn Elementary School.

Introduced Mar 8, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 179

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Robert C. King, Sr.

Introduced Mar 8, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 203

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Grace Victoria Edmondson Harris.

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 196

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending The College of William and Mary.

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1600

Passed · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Student discipline; long-term suspension.

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.

Passed Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 215

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association.

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 136

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Laurie Genise Snead Westbrook.

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 125

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Bob Brown.

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 446

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending The Governor's School for the Arts.

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track