Virginia House Bill 1983 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Education; work group; best practices for positive behavioral supports for students and trauma-informed school security practices; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish a work group composed of certain enumerated and other stakeholders to consider best practices for positive behavioral supports for students and trauma-informed school security practices, including examining the feasibility and appropriateness of hiring of school safety coaches who can monitor the school environment for safety and build positive relationships with students and implementing policies and strategies for increasing the number of other appropriately trained school personnel. The bill requires the work group to complete its work and submit its findings and any recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Board of Education no later than November 1, 2023. Department of Education; work group; best practices for positive behavioral supports for students and trauma-informed school security practices; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish a work group composed of certain enumerated and other stakeholders to consider best practices for positive behavioral supports for students and trauma-informed school security practices, including examining the feasibility and appropriateness of hiring of school safety coaches who can monitor the school environment for safety and build positive relationships with students and implementing policies and strategies for increasing the number of other appropriately trained school personnel. The bill requires the work group to complete its work and submit its findings and any recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Board of Education no later than November 1, 2023.

Positive behavioral supports for students, etc.; work group to consider best practices.

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2023-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Education
2023-01-18	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2023-01-17	House	Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101086D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1983
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1983+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104780A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1983F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0903V0005+HB1983