Virginia Senate Bill 1277 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0145)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

High school students; academic credit for certain work experience and fine arts programs; guidelines. Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines and policies permitting any high school student in grades 11 and 12 to earn one-half standard unit of credit per semester for employment in certain fields or industries or participation in certain fine arts programs in which such student works or participates a certain minimum number of hours per week for each week of the semester, as determined by the Board. The bill requires the Board to collaborate with and seek input from the Coordinator of Fine Arts for the Department of Education and a representative from the Virginia Coalition for Fine Arts Education in developing and implementing guidelines and policies for awarding academic credit for participation in certain fine arts programs.

High school students; academic credit for certain work experience and fine arts programs.

Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]

2023-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - House - House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0145)
2023-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 145 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-23	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1277ER)
2023-02-23	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-20	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-20	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-20	House	Read third time
2023-02-17	House	Read second time
2023-02-15	House	Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2023-02-10	House	Assigned Education sub: K-12
2023-02-10	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2023-02-10	House	Read first time
2023-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-06	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1277S1
2023-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105761D-S1
2023-02-06	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-06	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105761D-S1
2023-02-02	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-25	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101948D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	207.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1277
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1277+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1277S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1277ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0145+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104687A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1277F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1277FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1277FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0165+SB1277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0241SB1277+SB1277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0276SB1277+SB1277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0277SB1277+SB1277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0901V0047+SB1277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H09V0188+SB1277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2034+SB1277