VA HB2111 | 2023 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Standards of Quality; work-based learning; teacher leaders and mentors; principal mentors; certain personnel positions and initiatives. Makes several changes to the Standards of Quality, including requiring the establishment of units in the Department of Education to oversee work-based learning and principal mentorship statewide and requiring the Board of Education to establish and oversee the local implementation of teacher leader and teacher mentor programs in Standard 5. The bill also makes several changes relating to school personnel in Standard 2, including (i) requiring each school board to employ teacher leaders and teacher mentors at specified student-to-position ratios; (ii) lowering the ratio of English language learner students to teachers; (iii) lowering the ratio of assistant principals to students in each elementary, middle, and high school; (iv) lowering the ratio of school counselors to students in grades kindergarten through 12; and (v) increasing the required number of specialized student support positions from at least three to at least four such positions per 1,000 students. Such specialized student support positions include school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts, and other licensed health and behavioral positions.

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Title

Standards of Quality; work-based learning, teacher leaders and mentors, principal mentors.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2023-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2023-02-07HouseLeft in Appropriations
2023-01-30HouseReferred to Committee on Appropriations
2023-01-30HouseReported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
2023-01-25HouseSubcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2023-01-25HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
2023-01-24HouseAssigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
2023-01-10HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2023-01-10HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102524D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221253.13:1(n/a)See Bill Text
221253.13:2(n/a)See Bill Text
221253.13:5(n/a)See Bill Text
221274(n/a)See Bill Text
221274.01:1(n/a)See Bill Text
221294(n/a)See Bill Text
221299.7:1(n/a)See Bill Text
221303(n/a)See Bill Text
221305.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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