Virginia House Bill 223 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Education; recommendations for improving civic education. Requires the Department of Education to develop and report to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July 1, 2021, recommendations for improving civic education for each public elementary and secondary school student in the Commonwealth, including strategies for (i) expanding their level of civic knowledge, (ii) increasing their respect for the political history of the Commonwealth and the United States, (iii) mitigating the politically polarizing effects that the mainstream media can have on such students, and (iv) helping such students become civically and politically engaged in a rational and civil manner.

Education, Department of; recommendations for improving civic education.

Del. Joseph McNamara [R]

2020-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N) (Y: 3 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 5-N) (Y: 3 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Education
2020-01-20	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N)
2020-01-13	House	Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
2019-12-28	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2019-12-28	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103086D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB223
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB223+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0903V0011+HB0223
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0903V0058+HB0223