SB1240
Virginia Virtual School Board; established, report.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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 HB 1400. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2017 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102925D
- 01/10/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/30/2017 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1240)
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105164D-S1
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Substitute bill reprinted 17105164D-S1
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Incorporates SB1380 (Petersen)
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Incorporates SB1570 (Peake)
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 5-N)
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/02/2017 - Senate: Reported from Finance (11-Y 5-N)
- 02/03/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/06/2017 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/2017 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/2017 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17105164D-S1
- 02/06/2017 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1240S1
- 02/07/2017 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/09/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/2017 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/10/2017 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1240S1)
- 02/13/2017 - House: Reported from Education (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/13/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/13/2017 - House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/14/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/15/2017 - House: Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/17/2017 - House: Read second time
- 02/20/2017 - House: Read third time
- 02/20/2017 - House: Passed House (59-Y 37-N)
- 02/20/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (59-Y 37-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/22/2017 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/2017 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1240ER)
- 02/22/2017 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1240ER)
- 02/22/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/22/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/2017 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
- 02/23/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/13/2017 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/05/2017 - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto (20-Y 20-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/05/2017 - Senate: Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
- 04/05/2017 - Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's veto agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/05/2017 - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/05/2017 - Senate: Requires 27 affirmative votes to override veto
