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SB 916 Diploma seals; BOE shall establish criteria for awarding.
Introduced by: Jennifer T. Wexton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Diploma seals; biliteracy. Requires the Board of Education to establish, in time to apply to high school seniors graduating in 2016, criteria for awarding a diploma seal of biliteracy to any student who demonstrates proficiency in English and at least one other language. The bill requires the Board to consider criteria including the student's (i) score on a College Board Advanced Placement foreign language examination, (ii) score on an SAT II Subject Test in a foreign language, (iii) proficiency level on an ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) measure or another nationally or internationally recognized language proficiency test, or (iv) cumulative grade point average in a sequence of foreign language courses approved by the Board. This bill is identical to HB 1351.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101050D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/15 Senate: Printed as engrossed 15101050D-E pdf
- 02/11/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104975D-H1 pdf
- 02/25/15 Senate: Conference substitute printed 15105499D-S1 pdf
- 03/06/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB916ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101050D
- 01/08/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/20/15 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/29/15 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
- 01/30/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/15 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/15 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/02/15 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/02/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB916E
- 02/02/15 Senate: Printed as engrossed 15101050D-E
- 02/03/15 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 6-N)
- 02/06/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/15 House: Read first time
- 02/06/15 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/11/15 House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104975D-H1
- 02/12/15 House: Read second time
- 02/13/15 House: Read third time
- 02/13/15 House: Committee substitute agreed to 15104975D-H1
- 02/13/15 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB916H1
- 02/13/15 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/15 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/15 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (5-Y 33-N)
- 02/18/15 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/18/15 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/20/15 Senate: Senate acceded to request (37-Y 1-N)
- 02/20/15 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/20/15 Senate: Senators: McWaters, Wexton, Smith
- 02/23/15 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/23/15 House: Delegates: Ramadan, Landes, Bulova
- 02/25/15 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/25/15 Senate: Conference substitute printed 15105499D-S1
- 02/26/15 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/26/15 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/15 House: Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/15 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/15 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/06/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB916ER)
- 03/06/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/15 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
- 03/10/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/23/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 565 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565)