COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 82
June 7, 2002
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Jo Lynne
DeMary Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Final
Legislative Reports for the 2002 General Assembly |
This memorandum provides information regarding
legislation passed by the 2002 session of the Virginia General Assembly that is
of interest to school superintendents and division personnel.
The final legislative reports for the 2002 General
Assembly are posted on the Department of Education website at: http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/PolicyPub/legis98. This site provides links to two reports:
This report reflects final
action on education-related legislation tracked by the Department of
Education. The history of any bill, all
amendments, and the text of the final version are available by clicking on the
bill number shown in the Legislative Tracking Report.
Final 2002 General Assembly Session
Legislative Report (PDF)
This report is in two parts. The first part provides an index of all of the education-related legislation tracked by the Department of Education that passed in the General Assembly this year organized by category. The second part provides a summary of each bill, the section of the Code of Virginia that was affected, and the time lines for implementation. You may access information about each bill and its text in the summary by clicking on the bill number.
All legislation becomes effective on July 1, 2002, unless otherwise indicated. Any information about actions that may or must be taken by local school boards is included in the summary of each bill. These bills include:
Career and Technical Education
SB
334 Involvement of area business and
industry representatives and local community colleges in development of career
and technical education plans
SB
625 Establishment of mandatory review,
action, and reporting by school divisions on all applications for charter
schools
SB
681 Authorization of public/private
partnerships for qualifying public facilities and infrastructure projects,
including school buildings
HB 46 Addition of incidents involving acts of terrorism to school crisis and emergency management plans and the model plan developed by the Board of Education
HB
498 Establishment of compulsory minimum
standards for employment and job-entry and in-service training curricula and
certification requirements for school security officers. Definition of school resource officer
HB
692 Reporting of theft or attempted
theft of student prescription drugs
HB
886 Addition of communication
procedures to the model school crisis and emergency management plan for
parental location of children and contacting parents
HB
939 Prohibition against smoking in the
interior of any public school
HB
294 Release of information to child
protective services investigator
HB
357 Prohibition against the
administration of certain surveys to public school students without parental
consent
HB
434 Limitations on the renegotiation of
a superintendents contract
SB 276 Creation of
shared ownership of public school property in specific circumstances
SB 604 System of accounting in public schools; establishment of contingency reserves as major classification of school funds
SB 608 Posting of In God We Trust, the National Motto, enacted by Congress in 1956 in all public schools
SB
465 Reimbursement of school divisions
by the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) for transportation to
receive health-related services
Standards
of Quality/Standards of Accreditation
HB 1136 Establishment of
requirement that school divisions hire elementary guidance counselors at
specified staffing levels
Standards
of Quality/Standards of Accreditation
HB 493 Creation of Board of Education guidelines for locally awarded verified units of credit for a standard diploma for transition students
SB
92 Requirement that teachers receive
training in child abuse recognition and intervention
I hope this information will assist you in planning
and implementing the state legislative changes with your school boards. Technical support to implement the new
legislative responsibilities is available from the Department of Education.
Please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Cynthia Cave,
director of policy (mail to: ccave@mail.vak12ed.edu) at (804)
225-2092 if you need additional information.
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