Virginia House Bill 1550 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-01-26 - House: Passed by in Education with letter by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Approval of textbook publishers. Provides that the Board of Education shall certify publishers of textbooks rather than approving the textbooks themselves. In order to become a Board-certified publisher, a publisher must agree to (i) employ established content experts to review every textbook available for sale to Virginia school divisions, (ii) list with each book the content experts that have reviewed it, (iii) certify that the content of books for sale to Virginia school divisions in Standards of Learning subjects meet the appropriate mandated content standards, and (iv) agree to be fully responsible for replacing, correcting, or otherwise fixing any mistakes discovered by the Board or the Superintendent.

Textbook publishers; Board of Education shall certify publishers.

Del. David Englin [D]

Del. Mark Keam [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2011-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by with letter (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-26		House: Passed by in Education with letter by voice vote
2011-01-25		House: Subcommittee recommends passing by with letter (8-Y 0-N)
2011-01-21		House: Assigned Education sub: #1 Standards of Quality
2011-01-03		House: Referred to Committee on Education
2011-01-03		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100662D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	238	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	241	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	242	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1550
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB1550+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+vot+H0901V0001+HB1550