Virginia House Bill 41 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on December 20 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-24 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Standards of Learning; programs of instruction; civics education; instruction on local government. Requires the Board of Education to include in the Standards of Learning for Virginia and United States Government for grade 12 and requires each school board to provide as a part of any Virginia and U.S. Government course or civic education course offered to students in grade 12 instruction on local government, including instruction on the types of localities in the Commonwealth and the structure and functions of local governments in the Commonwealth. The bill also requires the Board to consider in its criteria for awarding a diploma seal for excellence in civics education and understanding of the state and federal constitutions and the democratic model of government the successful completion of government or civics courses that include instruction on the structures and functions of local government.

Standards of Learning; programs of instruction, civics education on local government.

Del. Chad Green [R]	Del. Mike Cherry [R]	Del. Mark Earley [R]	Del. Baxter Ennis [R]
Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Kim Taylor [R]	Del. Wendell Walker [R]
Del. Eric Zehr [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-24	House	Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote
2024-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-01-19	House	Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2023-12-20	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-12-20	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101089D

HB41 (Carry Over) 2024-01-24 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	253.13:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	253.13:4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+HB41
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+HB41+hil