Virginia House Bill 1461 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 30 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-02-16 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish, within its regulations governing student conduct, and each school board to adhere to, a uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior and the removal of a student from a class that includes, among other things, criteria for teachers to remove disruptive students from their classes, including a requirement for a teacher to remove a disruptive student from a class if the disruptive behavior is violent. The bill also requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint members to a stakeholder work group to discuss and make recommendations to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023, regarding the feasibility of implementing a uniform system of classroom discipline in public elementary and secondary schools in each local school division in the Commonwealth whereby a teacher is required to remove a student from a classroom if the student repeats or continues nonviolent disruptive behavior after the teacher provides two warnings to the student, giving due consideration to the need for appropriate exceptions for students with disabilities. Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish, within its regulations governing student conduct, and each school board to adhere to, a uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior and the removal of a student from a class that includes, among other things, criteria for teachers to remove disruptive students from their classes, including a requirement for a teacher to remove a disruptive student from a class if the disruptive behavior is violent. The bill also requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint members to a stakeholder work group to discuss and make recommendations to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023, regarding the feasibility of implementing a uniform system of classroom discipline in public elementary and secondary schools in each local school division in the Commonwealth whereby a teacher is required to remove a student from a classroom if the student repeats or continues nonviolent disruptive behavior after the teacher provides two warnings to the student, giving due consideration to the need for appropriate exceptions for students with disabilities.

Students; Department of Education to establish uniform system of discipline for disruptive behavior.

Del. Bill Wiley [R]

Del. Hyland Fowler [R]

Del. Dave LaRock [R]

Del. Wendell Walker [R]

2023-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) (Y: 52 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (11-Y 9-N) (Y: 11 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-16	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2023-02-01	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-01-31	House	VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
2023-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House (52-Y 46-N)
2023-01-30	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1461H1
2023-01-30	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23104755D-H1
2023-01-30	House	Read second time
2023-01-27	House	Read first time
2023-01-25	House	Committee substitute printed 23104755D-H1
2023-01-25	House	Reported from Education with substitute (11-Y 9-N)
2023-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
2023-01-16	House	Assigned Education sub: K-12
2022-12-23	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2022-12-23	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102966D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	276.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	276.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1461
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1461+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1461H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104755D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23104755D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1461F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1461FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0901V0024+HB1461
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H09V0031+HB1461
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1241+HB1461
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0316+HB1461