Why 2/5: Establishes a long-term advisory board with initial meeting required by late 2027, indicating a gradual implementation timeline.
This bill establishes a new advisory board to review and recommend changes to how African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous histories are taught in Virginia's K-12 schools. The board will advise the Governor and General Assembly on curriculum frameworks, Standards of Learning, and the creation of new elective courses related to these populations.
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Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Cleared committee
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
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Senate committee offered
Substitute adopted
Committee substitute printed 26108789D-S1
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Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB814)
Cleared committee
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
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Rules suspended
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Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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Passed by for the day
Third reading
Read third time
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Motion to recommit to committee agreed to (Voice Vote)
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Left in Education and Health