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House of Delegates Committee on Education

The Education Committee deals with policy issues affecting higher education and K-12 students.

Committee Chair: Delegate Glenn Davis

Committee Members: Davis (Chair), Avoli (Vice Chair), LaRock, McGuire, Batten, Wampler, Freitas, Coyner, Cherry, Durant, Greenhalgh, Tata, Bourne, VanValkenburg, Rasoul, McQuinn, Subramanyam, Guzman, Filler-Corn, Simonds, Sewell, Maldonado

The following bills have been reported out of the House Education Committee for 2022.

• HB 4 School principals; incident reports.
• HB 8 School security officers; scope of employment, certain veterans permitted to carry.
• HB 9 Public school teachers; probationary term of service, grounds for dismissal, and dismissal hearings.
• HB 18 School boards; appointed members, salaries.
• HB 89 Disorderly conduct in public places; provisions shall not apply to student in grades kindergarten-8.
• HB 127 Academic year Governor’s Schools; certain practices prohibited, permitted, and required.
• HB 128 Virginia Diverse Educator Scholarship Fund and Program; created and established.
• HB 197 Through-year growth assessment system; BOE to seek & incorporate input & suggestions into system.
• HB 201 In-person instruction; education vouchers, etc.
• HB 210 Va. National Guard; funding for active members, recruitment.
• HB 215 School Health Services Committee; established, report, sunset provision.
• HB 217 Stem Education Advisory Board; required to review federal occupational categories.
• HB 221 STEM+C; included in Standards of Learning.
• HB 223 Insurance; locality may provide for employees of certain public school foundations.
• HB 230 Teachers; licensure by reciprocity for military spouses, timeline for determination.
• HB 236 Teachers’ licenses, certain; Board of Education permitted to temporarily extend.
• HB 246 School attendance; 4-H educational programs and activities.
• HB 252 School division maintenance reserve tool; Department of Education to develop or adopt and maintain.
• HB 253 Literary Fund; open application process for loans, maximum loan amounts, etc.
• HB 271 School bds. & comprehensive community colleges, local; compensation structure for adjunct professor.
• HB 294 Education improvement scholarship tax credit; eligible students in need of safer school environment.
• HB 319 Virginia Literacy Act; early student literacy, evidence-based literacy instruction, etc.
• HB 333 Public education; student education accounts.
• HB 340 High school graduation; multiple pathways to advanced studies diploma, associated diploma seals.
• HB 346 College partnership laboratory schools; application and establishment.
• HB 355 Higher educational institutions, baccalaureate public; website posting of certain comparative data.
• HB 356 Public schools; regional charter school divisions.
• HB 389 Early childhood care and education; regional entities, Child Care Subsidy Program Overpayment Fund.
• HB 406 Higher education; students and student organizations, remedies for certain violations.
• HB 418 Elementary and secondary education, public; at-risk add-on funds.
• HB 419 Institutions of higher education; education preparation programs, coursework, audit.
• HB 433 Standards of Learning, certain; assessments, method of administration.
• HB 440 School boards; teachers to ensure planning time and planning periods.
• HB 486 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology; admissions requirements.
• HB 511 Students who receive home instruction; participation in interscholastic programs.
• HB 525 Higher educational institutions, nonprofit and public; hazing policies.
• HB 526 Victims of human trafficking; eligibility for in-state tuition.
• HB 539 Higher educational institutions, public; disclosure of certain criminal convictions to applicants.
• HB 547 Speech-language pathologists; Department of Education to develop/maintain statewide strategic plan.
• HB 559 School boards, local; composite index of local ability-to-pay, required local effort.
• HB 563 School Construction Fund and Program; created and established.
• HB 565 Advanced Manufacturing Talent Investment Program and Fund; created, report.
• HB 582 Higher educational institutions, public; notice to students, SNAP benefits.
• HB 583 Public elementary and secondary school students; ability to pay for meals and school meal debt.
• HB 585 Middle and high school end-of-course assessments; number and type, report.
• HB 587 School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program; processing of applications.
• HB 649 Children who are deaf or hard of hearing; language development, assessment resources.
• HB 694 Commonwealth College Completion Fund and Program; established.
• HB 732 Higher educational institutions; debt collection, transcripts and diplomas.
• HB 741 Annual public elementary and secondary school safety audits; creation or review of school building.
• HB 787 Public elementary or secondary school student; moral and character education, etc.
• HB 789 Family life education programs; student participation, summaries.
• HB 829 School counselors; staffing ratios, flexibility.
• HB 857 Virginia National Guard; institutions of higher education, tuition grants.
• HB 873 School boards; employment of at least one school resource officer in elementary & secondary schools.
• HB 879 Education, Board of; qualifications of members.
• HB 938 Public schools; evaluation & recommendations for certain current and proposed policies.
• HB 979 Provisional teacher licensure; teachers licensed or certified outside of the United States.
• HB 994 Child Care Subsidy Program; permitting Armed Forces active members to apply for Program.
• HB 1004 Two-Year College Transfer Grant, etc; eligibility, removes registry for Selective Service.
• HB 1009 Sexually explicit instructional material; Board of Education to establish policy.
• HB 1022 Public elementary and secondary school students, certain; excused absences.
• HB 1023 Family life education curricula, certain; optional instruction on human trafficking of children.
• HB 1024 Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, definition of poverty guidelines.
• HB 1026 Digital Citizenship, Internet Safety, and Media Literacy Advisory Council; established, sunset date.
• HB 1034 School boards; guidelines for the provision of counseling services in public schools.
• HB 1064 Public School Trades Incentive Fund and Program; created and established, rules and procedures.
• HB 1093 Public elementary and secondary education; cultural competency training.
• HB 1100 Public elementary and secondary school buildings; standards for maintenance, operations, etc.
• HB 1108 Public schools; instruction concerning gambling, report.
• HB 1129 School safety audits; law-enforcement officers.
• HB 1135 Standards of Quality; DoE to oversee work-based learning, teacher leaders and mentors.
• HB 1138 Loudoun County School Board; staggering of member terms, lot drawing, timeframe.
• HB 1164 Composite index of local ability-to-pay; use value of real estate in certain localities.
• HB 1188 Nonvoting student advisor; Governor to appoint to the Board of Education.
• HB 1215 Public middle schools; physical education to include personal safety training.
• HB 1226 Higher educational institutions, baccalaureate public; SCHEV shall conduct a productivity analysis.
• HB 1246 School divisions, local; work group to recommend ways to procure accessible digital tools.
• HB 1272 Public elementary and secondary schools, etc.; student instruction.
• HB 1277 Higher educational institutions, public; earning academic credit in Armed Forces of the U.S.
• HB 1299 High school students; instruction concerning post-graduate opportunities.
• HB 1328 Early childhood care and education entities; administration of epinephrine.
• HB 1333 Higher educational institutions, public; in-state tuition, children of active duty service members.
• HB 1352 Private elementary and secondary schools; retaliation for good faith reports of child abuse.
• HJ 145 Higher Education; statewide strategic plan, report.
• SB 739 Public elementary and secondary schools, etc.; student instruction.