File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 413
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Conway, Brochin, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Gladden,
Jones, Kelley, McFadden, Munson, Pugh, Raskin, Rosapepe, Stoltzfus, Stone,
Colburn, Harrington, Peters, and Pinsky
- Entitled:
-
Education - Instruction of Blind and Visually Impaired Students - Use of
Braille
Requiring the State Board of Education to establish on or before
September 1, 2012, standards for mastery of braille for use in
English, language arts, and mathematics instruction for blind and
visually impaired students; requiring the State Board and the
Professional Standards and Teacher Education Board to review and, as
appropriate, modify certification and recertification requirements for
specified teachers; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/22
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 1/27
- Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/9
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/2
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/5
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/2
- Returned Passed
House Action
- 3/8
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 3/24
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/2
- Favorable Report by Ways and Means
- 3/28
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/29
- Third Reading Passed (139-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/4
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 254
Sponsored by:
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator James Brochin, District 42
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
- Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
- Senator David C. Harrington, District 47
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
- Senator Douglas J. J. Peters, District 23
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
- Senator Jamie Raskin, District 20
- Senator Jim Rosapepe, District 21
- Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Blind Persons
- Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
- Disabilities -see also- Blind; Deaf; Developmental
- Education -see also- Driver Ed; Higher Ed; Special Ed; etc
- Education, State Board of
- Language
- Licenses -see also- Alcoholic Bev Lic; Drivers` Licenses
- Public Schools
- Special Education
- Students
- Teachers
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Education
- (
8-408
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Amendments:
Senate
- Number: 104735/01 Offered on: March 3, 2010 at:
11:13 a.m. Status: Adopted
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Committee Votes :
Senate
- Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
House
- Ways and Means
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 5, 2010: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House
- March 29, 2010: Third Reading Passed (139-0)