Virginia House Bill 255 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public Preschool Fund and Grant Program. Establishes the Public Preschool Fund and Grant Program for the purpose of funding and providing on a competitive basis grants to local school boards to establish and maintain public preschool programs for children who reside in the local school division and who will have reached their fourth birthday on or before September 30 of the relevant school year. The bill requires the Department of Education to administer the Public Preschool Grant Program and establish (i) guidelines and procedures for grant applications, awards, and renewals; (ii) standards for preschool programs established and maintained by grant recipients, including standards for curriculum, student achievement, attendance, instruction, personnel, and length of school day and school year; and (iii) data collection and reporting requirements for grant recipients. The bill requires the Department of Education to give priority to grant applicants who propose a plan for the innovative use of facilities in the local school division to house the proposed public preschool program, including community centers and recreation centers.

Public Preschool Fund and Grant Program; established.

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]

Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]

2018-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Appropriations
2018-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
2018-02-06	House	Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
2018-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2018-02-06	House	Referred from Rules by voice vote
2018-01-02	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2018-01-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103673D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	199.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB255
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB255+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0203V0034+HB0255