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HB1400

Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report.

Status:
Vetoed

Chief Patron:
Dickie Bell (R)

Session:
2017 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Virginia Virtual School established.

Establishes the Board of the Virginia Virtual School (the Board) as a policy agency in the executive branch of state government for the purpose of governing the full-time virtual school programs offered to students enrolled in the Virginia Virtual School (the School). The Secretary of Education is responsible for such agency. The 14-member Board is given operational control of the School and assigned powers and duties. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the bill requires the School to be open to any school-age person in the Commonwealth and to provide an educational program meeting the Standards of Quality for grades kindergarten through 12, with a maximum enrollment of 5,000 students statewide. The bill requires the average state share of Standards of Quality per pupil funding for each enrolled student to be transferred to the School. This bill is identical to SB 1240. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 08/31/2016 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100178D
  • 08/31/2016 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
  • 01/20/2017 - House: Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation
  • 01/26/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
  • 01/26/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 01/29/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1400)
  • 01/30/2017 - House: Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N)
  • 01/30/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  • 01/30/2017 - House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
  • 01/31/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
  • 02/01/2017 - House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 6-N)
  • 02/03/2017 - House: Read first time
  • 02/06/2017 - House: Read second time and engrossed
  • 02/07/2017 - House: Read third time and passed House (57-Y 40-N)
  • 02/07/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (57-Y 40-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/08/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/08/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 02/16/2017 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)
  • 02/16/2017 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance
  • 02/16/2017 - Senate: Reported from Finance (7-Y 4-N)
  • 02/20/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/21/2017 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/21/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/24/2017 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/24/2017 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1400ER)
  • 02/24/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/24/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/28/2017 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
  • 02/28/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 03/08/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1400ER)
  • 03/13/2017 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
  • 04/05/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 04/05/2017 - House: House sustained Governor's veto (58-Y 42-N)
  • 04/05/2017 - House: VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (58-Y 42-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 04/05/2017 - House: (67 affirmative votes required to override)

Full text and vote history:

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