Sen. John McGuire

Co-sponsor HB 1125

Failed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Teachers; requirements for license, provisional license, etc.

Makes several changes to the teacher licensure process, including (i) permitting teachers with a valid out-of-state license, with full credentials and without deficiencies, to receive licensure by reciprocity without passing additional licensing assessments and (ii) specifying that for the purpose of Board of Education regulations for the approval of teacher education programs, the term "education preparation program" includes four-year bachelor's degree programs in teacher education.

Failed Mar 10, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1415

Passed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Henrietta Lacks Commission; established, report, sunset date.

Creates the Henrietta Lacks Commission to establish through a public-private partnership the Henrietta Lacks Life Sciences Center in Halifax County as a cancer research and treatment center designed to (i) transform and accelerate cancer research and treatment through the use of biodata tools, (ii) provide tailored cancer treatment medicine to an underserved portion of rural Southside Virginia, and (iii) incubate new biotech businesses across the Southside Virginia region. The bill requires the Commission to annually submit a report on its interim activity and work to the Governor and General Assembly. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2021.

Passed Mar 10, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 285

In committee · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending the Honorable Robert H. Brink.

In committee Mar 10, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 3

Failed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Dual enrollment courses; quality, consistency, etc., of courses.

Failed Mar 10, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 1

Passed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Scholastic records; prohibited access to directory information.

Clarifies that student directory information may be publicly disclosed by a school if the school has given notice to the parent or eligible student of (i) the types of information that the school has designated as directory information; (ii) the right of the parent or eligible student to refuse the designation of any or all of the types of information about the student as directory information; and (iii) the period of time within which a parent or eligible student must notify the school in writing that he does not want any or all of the types of information about the student designated as directory information. The bill also provides, however, that no school shall disclose the address, phone number, or email address of a student pursuant to 34 C.F.R. § 99.31(a)(11) or the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) unless the parent or eligible student has affirmatively consented in writing to such disclosure.

Passed Mar 10, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 435

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Ronald E. Carrier.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 249

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Neilson Jay November.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 182

Introduced · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Commending the National Federation of Independent Business.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 916

Signed into law · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Long-Term Employment Support and Extended Employment Services; assisting persons with disabilities.

Requires the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to administer Long-Term Employment Support Services and Extended Employment Services to assist individuals with disabilities with maintaining employment. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HB 110

Vetoed · Virginia House · Co-sponsor

Franchisees; status thereof and its employees as employees of the franchisor.

Provides that, notwithstanding any voluntary agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and the franchisee or franchisor, neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisee's franchisor. The measure also provides that this exclusion does not apply with respect to a specific claim for relief made by a franchisee or a franchisee's employee if the franchisor has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have exercised a type or degree of control over the franchisee or the franchisee's employees not customarily exercised by a franchisor for the purpose of protecting the franchisor's trademarks and brand.

Vetoed Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track