Sen. Steve Newman

Co-sponsor SJ 189

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

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

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 207

In committee · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending the Virginia Department of Veterans Services Benefits section.

In committee Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary SJ 154

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Honorable Lacey E. Putney.

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SJ 190

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Justin Verlander.

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 161

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of the Most Reverend Francis X. DiLorenzo.

Introduced Mar 7, 2018 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 210

Introduced · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Suzanne Davis Miller.

Introduced 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

Primary SB 977

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Training center; clarifies definition.

Defines "training center" as a regional facility operated by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disability.

In committee Mar 6, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 738

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

Public Elementary and Secondary Education, Commission on the Future of; established, report.

Establishes the 21-member Commission on the Future of Public Elementary and Secondary Education (the Commission), consisting of seven members of the House Committee on Education, seven members of the Senate, five nonlegislative citizen members, the Superintendent of Public Instruction or his designee, and the Secretary of Education or his designee, for the purpose of ensuring a deliberate, thoughtful, coordinated, and year-round approach to legislative education reform in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Commission to (i) collaborate with the Board of Education, the Department of Education, the Standards of Learning Innovation Committee, and other interested stakeholders to study (a) the need for revisions to or reorganization of the Standards of Quality with a particular emphasis on the effective use of educational technology, (b) emerging education issues in the Commonwealth, and (c) the future of public elementary and secondary education in the Commonwealth and (ii) establish and appoint members from a variety of stakeholder organizations to subcommittees in distinct subject matter areas. The provisions of the bill sunset on July 1, 2021, and are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

In committee Mar 6, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary SB 969

In committee · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor

SOL; verified credit.

Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to require students to earn one verified credit in history and social science by (i) the successful completion of a Board-developed end-of-course Standards of Learning assessment; (ii) achievement of a passing score on a Board-approved standardized test administered on a statewide, multistate, or international basis that measures content that incorporates or exceeds the Standards of Learning content in the course for which the verified credit is given; or (iii) achievement of criteria for the receipt of a locally awarded verified credit from the local school board in accordance with criteria established in Board guidelines when the student has not passed a corresponding Standards of Learning assessment. The bill prohibits such end-of-course Standards of Learning assessment from being a performance-based assessment.

In committee Mar 6, 2018 0 co-sponsors Track