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Legislation


1998 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 639

File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Sponsored By:
Delegates Jacobs, Greenip, Holt, Schade, Kach, Kittleman, Walkup, M. Burns, Stocksdale, Redmer, Baldwin, Snodgrass, Hutchins, Ports, Elliott, Klima, Flanagan, McKee, Stull, Beck, Getty, and Brinkley
Entitled:
Education - Reading Programs - Phonics Requirement

Synopsis:

Requiring public elementary schools to use phonics as the primary method of teaching reading; and generally relating to reading programs in public elementary schools.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/9
First Reading Ways and Means
2/11
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
3/12
Unfavorable Report by Ways and Means
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Delegate Robert C. Baldwin, District 33
Delegate Raymond Beck, District 39
Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Robert L. Flanagan, District 14B
Delegate Joseph M. Getty, District 5
Delegate Janet Greenip, District 33
Delegate Kenneth C. Holt, District 6
Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28
Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A
Delegate Robert H. Kittleman, District 14B
Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate James F. Ports, Jr., District 8
Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
Delegate Victoria L. Schade, District 31
Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
Delegate Nancy Reter Stocksdale, District 5
Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
EDUCATION -see also- PUBLIC SCHOOLS; SPECIAL ED.; HIGHER ED.
LANGUAGE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Bill affects the following Statute:
Education
( 7-202 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered
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