Sen. John Bell

Co-sponsor HB 1265

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Education preparation programs; reading specialists, dyslexia.

Requires each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education that leads to a degree, concentration, or certificate for reading specialists to include a program of coursework or other training in the identification of and the appropriate interventions, accommodations, and teaching techniques for students with dyslexia or a related disorder. The bill requires such programs to (i) include coursework in the constructs and pedagogy underlying remediation of reading, spelling, and writing and (ii) require reading specialists to demonstrate mastery of an evidence-based, structured literacy instructional approach that includes explicit, systematic, sequential, and cumulative instruction. This bill is identical to

Signed into law Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor SB 430

Signed into law · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Real property tax; disabled veterans.

Signed into law Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 458

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Harry Burns Blevins, Sr.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 571

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Carlos Del Toro.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HJ 552

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Reverend William Franklin Graham, Jr.

Introduced Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 533

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Veterans; acceptance of substantially equivalent military training, etc.

Directs the Department of Veterans Services to take steps to promote awareness among veterans of the acceptance of substantially equivalent military training, education, or experience by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, the Department of Health Professions, or any other board named in Title 54.1 (Professions and Occupations).

Signed into law Mar 9, 2018 1 co-sponsor

Co-sponsor HJ 570

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending James E. Gahres.

Introduced Mar 9, 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 163

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Dennis Jensen.

Introduced Mar 8, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HR 164

Introduced · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Commending Jarad L. Phelps.

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