2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2620: School bds; examinations made available to students who satisfy compulsory school attendance rqmts.

Legislative Summary

School boards; certain examinations to be made available to students who satisfy compulsory school attendance requirements. Requires school boards to make Advanced Placement (AP), Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), and PreACT examinations available to any student whose parents satisfy the compulsory attendance requirements set forth in relevant law, including by having the student taught by a tutor or teacher of qualifications prescribed by the Board of Education and approved by the division superintendent.

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Bill History

1/13/2025
Presented and ordered printed 25102529D
House of Delegates
1/13/2025
Referred to Committee on Education
House of Delegates
1/16/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2620)
House of Delegates
1/24/2025
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
House of Delegates
1/28/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N)
House of Delegates
1/29/2025
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N)
House of Delegates
1/31/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Motion to rerefer to Education agreed to
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Rereferred to Education
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Left in Education
House of Delegates

Amendments

HED Sub: K-12 Subcommittee Amendment

HED Sub: K-12 Subcommittee Amendment

Not Adopted

HED Sub: K-12 Subcommittee Amendments

HED Sub: K-12 Subcommittee Amendments

Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Reported from Education with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N)
1/29/2025
16
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N)
1/28/2025
6
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/13/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Education(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/13/20259.1 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/16/2025104.4 KB