Virginia Senate Bill 856 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 30 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-26 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public elementary and secondary schools; comprehensive school counseling program; development and implementation. Requires each local school board to develop and implement a written plan for a comprehensive school counseling program for the purpose of providing support that meets the mental and emotional health needs of all students and guiding students in academic progress, postsecondary planning, and social-emotional learning. The bill requires each local school board to develop and implement such written plan by the beginning of the 2024–2025 school year. Public elementary and secondary schools; comprehensive school counseling program; development and implementation. Requires each local school board to develop and implement a written plan for a comprehensive school counseling program for the purpose of providing support that meets the mental and emotional health needs of all students and guiding students in academic progress, postsecondary planning, and social-emotional learning. The bill requires each local school board to develop and implement such written plan by the beginning of the 2024–2025 school year.

Public elementary and secondary schools; comprehensive school counseling program.

Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-26	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-17	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2022-12-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2022-12-30	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102398D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	209.001	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB856
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB856+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104803A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB856F164+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB856F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S04V0085+SB0856