Bill Text: VA HB894 | 2016 | Regular Session | Conference Sub
Bill Title: Standards of Learning Innovation Committee; change in membership.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0648) [HB894 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2016-HB894-Conference_Sub.html
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §22.1-253.13:10 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §22.1-253.13:10. Standards of Learning Innovation Committee. The Secretary of Education, upon receiving recommendations for
appointments from the Virginia Parent Teacher Association, Virginia Education
Association, Virginia School Boards Association, Virginia Association of
Secondary School Principals, Virginia Association of Elementary School
Principals, Virginia Association of School Superintendents, Virginia State
Reading Association, Virginia School Counselor Association, and Virginia
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, shall establish and appoint
nonlegislative citizen members 2. That appointments of nonlegislative citizen members made by the Secretary of Education after the effective date of this act shall be staggered such that half or approximately half of the nonlegislative citizen members shall serve terms of three years and the other half or approximate half of the nonlegislative citizen members shall serve terms of two years. After such staggering of terms, nonlegislative citizen members shall serve terms of two years. 3. That appointments of legislative members made after the effective date of this act shall be staggered as follows: two members of the Virginia House of Delegates for a term of three years appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; two members of the Virginia House of Delegates for a term of two years appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates; two members of the Virginia Senate for a term of three years appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules on the recommendation of the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education and Health; and one member of the Virginia Senate for a term of two years appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules on the recommendation of the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education and Health. After such staggering of terms, legislative members shall serve terms of two years. 4. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage. |