Bill Text: VA SB169 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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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-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 169 Offered January 10, 2018 Prefiled December 28, 2017 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. ---------- Patron-- Stanley ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

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.

No public school shall become a member of any organization or entity whose purpose is to regulate or govern interscholastic programs unless such organization or entity has, by July 1, 2020, established a varsity level robotics team competition program that includes regional, super-regional, and state championships. Nothing in this section shall require a public school to establish a robotics team.