Bill Text: VA SB169 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

Virginia Senate Bill 169 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Public schools; robotics team competition program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-07 - VOTE: DEFEATED (18-Y 80-N) [SB169 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2018-SB169-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 169 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health on February 8, 2018) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Stanley) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 22.1 a section numbered 22.1-7.2, relating to public schools; robotics team competition program.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 22.1 a section numbered 22.1-7.2 as follows:

§22.1-7.2. Organizations governing public school interscholastic programs; robotics team competition.

Any nonprofit corporation founded in 1913 that currently organizes and governs interscholastic activities among the public high schools shall establish, by July 1, 2021, a varsity level robotics team competition program that includes state championships. Nothing in this section shall require a public school to establish a robotics team.