January 30, 2012

2012 General Assembly Briefing

D. Patrick Lacy, Jr.

Stacy L. Haney

Overview

Defeated Bills

Governor’s Education Agenda

Other Bills

Defeated Bills

HB 94 (Albo)

Required use of Robert’s Rules of Order

Stricken at the request of the patron

HB 138 (Cole)

Required schools to determine immigration status of students/parents and report data to VDOE

Laid on the table

Defeated Bills

HB 225(Habeeb)

Required Board of Education to adopt regulations establishing standards for accreditation based on student growth measures as an alternative to student outcome measures.

Died in subcommittee

Defeated Bills SB 119 (Marsh)

Placed limitations on temporarily employing teachers to fill vacancies in the core subjects in middle and secondary schools

Failed to report SB 329 (Carrico)

Required parents of students in grant funded preschool program to complete parenting courses offered by the program and removed from the preschool program any student whose parent did not complete the course

Passed by indefinitely

Defeated Bills SB 168 (Petersen)

Prohibited school boards from using closed circuit cameras to monitor student conduct unless necessary to protect the physical safety and security of students

Continued to 2013

HB 469 (Albo) Required students to take an algebra readiness

test before being enrolled in a non-remedial algebra course

Continued to 2013

Governor’s Education Agenda

Charter Schools HB 1173 (Lingamfelter) SB 440 (Obenshain) VSBA opposes these bills

Virtual Schools HB 1272 (R.P. Bell) SB 598 (Newman) VSBA opposes these bills

Governor’s Education Agenda

Tax Credits for Scholarships

HB 321 (Massie)

SB 241 (Obenshain)

VSBA opposes these bills

Home School Students and Athletics

HB 947 (Bell)

VSBA opposes this bill

Governor’s Education Agenda

College Lab Schools

HB 765 (Peace)

SB 475 (Locke)

VSBA opposes these bills as drafted, but we are working to re-draft the bills

Governor’s Education Agenda

Teacher Contract (“Omnibus Education Reform Bill”)

HB 576 (Bell)

SB 438 (Obenshain)

VSBA opposes the bills as drafted but we are working to re-draft the bills

Governor’s Education Agenda

Standards of Accreditation for Virtual Schools

HB 1215 (R.P. Bell)

Licensure Requirements for Teachers of Online Courses

HB 578 (R.P. Bell)

Governor’s Education Agenda Diplomas

HB 1061 (Byron) SB 489 (Ruff)

Dual Enrollment HB 1184 (Rust)

Literacy HB 1181 (Landes)

Youth Development Academy HB 1179 (Yost)

Governor’s Education Agenda

School Calendar

HB 1063 (Tata)

SB 457 (Marsden)

VSBA supports these bills

Other bills VSBA Supports

Governor’s Mandate Relief Bills April 15 to June 15

VSBA Opposes VRS – Required Employee Contribution Tax Credits for Scholarships Additional Requirements for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students Paraprofessional Training Limitations on Long Term Suspensions and Expulsions for Certain

Offenses Required Provision of Education During Long Term Suspension or

Expulsion Required Parental Notification

Governor’s Mandate Relief Bills HB1295 (Byron) SB 679 (Newman) Governor’s Task Force for Local Government Mandate Review These bills lift a number of mandates including the following;

the requirement that every local school board appoint an advisory committee on gifted education and a school health advisory board,

the requirement that schools boards provide a notice of the estimated average per pupil cost of public education to every parent or guardian who has a child enrolled in the public schools,

the requirements that the proceeds of the sale of surplus real property be used only for capital improvements, and

the requirement that economic education and financial literacy curriculum be implemented in middle and high school.

VSBA supports these bills

April 15 to June 15

HB 76 (Habeeb)

SB 278 (Smith)

These bills move the date by which probationary teachers must be notified of their nonrenewal from April 15 to June 15.

VSBA supports these bills.

VRS – Required Employee Contribution

SB 497 (Watkins)

Requires that school board employees pay the employee share of VRS contributions.

VSBA opposes this bill.

Tax Credits for Private School Scholarships

SB 131 (Stanley)

Creates a tax credit for companies that donate money for scholarships for certain low income students to attend private school.

VSBA opposes this bill.

Additional Requirements for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

HB 218 (R.P. Bell)

SB 399 (Hanger)

These bills require school IEP teams to consider certain factors for students who are deaf or hard-o-hearing that go beyond the requirements of the IDEA and current state law, and in some instances, may conflict with the IDEA.

VSBA opposes these bills.

Paraprofessional T raining

HB 325 (Massie)

This bill requires that aides, vehicle operators, P.E. and arts teachers, and librarians who have primary oversight of students with autism spectrum disorder have certain training in student behavior management.

VSBA opposes this bill.

Limitations on Long Term Suspensions and Expulsions for Certain Offenses

HB 365 366 (McClellan)

HB 544 (Robinson)

These bills would prohibit a school board from long-term suspending or expelling a student for instances of only technology offenses or disorderly and disruptive behavior.

VSBA opposes these bills.

Provision of Education During Long Term Suspension or Expulsion

HB 365 (McClellan)

HB 887 (Alexander)

These bills would require school divisions to continue to provide an education to all students who are long-term suspended or expelled.

VSBA opposes these bills.

Required Parental Notification SB 167 (Petersen) – Requires the

principal/designee to notify the parent when a violation could result in expulsion.

HB 656(Kory) and SB391 (Marsden) – Require the principal/designee to notify the parent whenever administrators begin an investigation into a potential violation of a school board policy.

HB 1080 (Hugo) – Requires the principal/designee to notify parents of any “serious violation” and to provide warnings, similar to Miranda warnings, before questioning any student about a “serious violation.”

VSBA opposes these bills.

Questions?

January 30, 2012

2012 General Assembly Briefing

D. Patrick Lacy, Jr.

Stacy L. Haney