Virginia House Bill 1599 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-29 - Continued to 2021 in Education by voice vote
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

School boards; staffing ratios; librarians. Requires school boards to employ librarians in accordance with the following ratios: in elementary schools, one part-time to 299 students, one full-time at 300 students, and two full-time at 700 students; in middle schools, one-half time to 299 students, one full-time at 300 students, two full-time at 800 students, and three full-time at 1,700 students; and in high schools, one half-time to 299 students, one full-time at 300 students, two full-time at 900 students, and three full-time at 1,800 students. Under current law, school boards are required to employ librarians in accordance with the following ratios: in elementary schools, one part-time to 299 students and one full-time at 300 students; in middle schools, one-half time to 299 students, one full-time at 300 students, and two full-time at 1,000 students; and in high schools, one half-time to 299 students, one full-time at 300 students, and two full-time at 1,000 students.

School boards; staffing ratios for librarians.

Sen. Danica Roem [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-29	House	Continued to 2021 in Education by voice vote
2020-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-21	House	Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
2020-01-15	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2020-01-15	House	Presented and ordered printed 20105467D

HB1599 (Carry Over) 2020-01-29 - Continued to 2021 in Education by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	253.13:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1599
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1599+hil