VA HB1255 | 2014 | Regular Session

Virginia House Bill 1255 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 17 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Access to electronic textbooks. Prohibits school boards from making electronic textbooks available for use by students in their residence or residences unless the school board adopts a plan to ensure that by July 1, 2017, every student in the local school division will have access to a personal computing device approved by the Board and access to Internet service in his residence or residences. The bill permits a local school board to establish a pilot program for the use of electronic textbooks at any secondary school in the local school division provided that (i) each student at the secondary school has access to a personal computing device approved by the Board and access to Internet service in his residence or residences and (ii) the secondary school is receiving federal funds pursuant to Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, P.L. 89-10, as amended, or no more than 5% of the students in the local school division or 300 children, whichever is greater, participate in the pilot program. The bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.

Title

Electronic textbooks; accessibility by students at school and in their residence.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Left in Education
2014-02-04	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2014-02-04	House	Reconsideration by Subcommittee by voice vote
2014-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2015 by voice vote
2014-01-23	House	Assigned Education sub: Education Reform
2014-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2014-01-17	House	Presented and ordered printed 14104166D