File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 526/95 - W&M
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Heller
- Entitled:
-
Animal Dissection - Student's Right of Refusal
Establishing a student's right to refuse to participate in an activity
that involves the dissection, vivisection, incubation, capture, or
harming or destruction of an animal; establishing an exception for
students enrolled in specified courses; requiring schools to notify
students and parents or guardians of this right at least 3 weeks
before the activity; prohibiting discrimination or retaliation against
students who refuse to participate in the above named activities; and
providing alternative activities.
House Action
- 1/29
- First Reading Ways and Means
- Hearing 2/12 at 3:00 p.m.
- 3/17
- Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
Senate Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ANIMALS -see also- BIRDS; HUNTING; TRAPPING
- DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
- NOTICES
- PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- STUDENTS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Education
- (
2-206 ,
2-206 ,
7-112
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
