VA HB1477 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 4 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 4 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Public schools; instructional time; competency-based education. Requires the Board of Education to provide local school boards maximum flexibility to waive existing instructional clock hour requirements by developing alternative instructional time models in accordance with the Board's regulations and guidelines relating to instructional time waivers. The bill directs the Board, when revising its regulations and adopting Standards of Accreditation, to provide flexibility for school boards to develop programs that provide for acceleration, remediation, and multiple pathways to graduation that permit students to demonstrate competency at different rates. The bill also requires the Board to update, by December 1, 2024, its Guidelines for Graduation Requirements: Local Alternative Paths to Standard Units of Credit (Alternatives to the 140-Clock-Hour Requirement) to include guidance regarding (i) waiver pathway options to allow students time within the school day to complete work-based learning opportunities; (ii) advanced learning opportunities focused on problem-solving, critical and creative thinking, communication, collaboration, and citizenship skills; (iii) content that provides technical knowledge, skills, and competency-based applied learning; (iv) a method for approving alternative programs, including dual enrollment courses as specified in the bill; (v) other instructional time models adopted to meet instructional hour requirements through a variety of learning modalities; and (vi) offering instructional and learning opportunities including innovative, advanced, and enrichment programs for the full school year. Finally, the bill requires the Board to submit to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2024, a report on its progress in implementing the provisions of the bill.
Title
Student instruction; local alternative instructional time models permitted.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-04 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421) | |
| 2024-04-04 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 421 (effective 7/1/24) | |
| 2024-03-27 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-27 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 |
| 2024-03-26 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-03-25 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1477ER) |
| 2024-03-25 | House | Enrolled |
| 2024-03-05 | House | VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-03-05 | House | Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107772D-S1 (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1477S1 |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 24107772D-S1 |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2024-03-04 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24107772D-S1 |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-21 | Senate | Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2024-02-14 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2024-02-13 | House | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1477H1 |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 24107346D-H1 |
| 2024-02-12 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-09 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Incorporates HB663 (Tata) |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Incorporates HB1081 (Coyner) |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Committee substitute printed 24107346D-H1 |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-06 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-01 | House | Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| 2024-01-19 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2024-01-19 | House | Presented and ordered printed 24104317D |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | 2.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 200.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 207.8 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 212.28 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 212.29 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 212.30 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 212.31 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 212.32 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 212.33 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 1 | 905.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
