Virginia House Joint Resolution 602 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-05 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); right to early childhood education. Requires the Board of Education to develop Learning Readiness Quality Standards for state-supported early learning programs. The General Assembly is mandated to allocate funds to ensure that every Virginia family has the option to use a high quality early learning program that meets the standards and that is available for each child in the year in which the child reaches four years of age through a qualified early learning program.

Constitutional amendment; right to early childhood education (first reference).

Del. Kenneth Plum [D]

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

Del. Rob Krupicka [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2013-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
2013-01-11	House	Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee
2013-01-05	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2013-01-05	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102083D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HJ602
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HJ602+hil