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Bill Students receiving home instruction; participation in AP and PSAT/NMSQT. Requires school boards to (i) make Advanced Placement (AP), Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), and PreACT examinations available to students receiving home instruction; (ii) adopt written policies that specify the date by which such students shall register to participate in such examinations; and (iii) notify such students and their parents of such registration deadline and the availability of financial assistance to low-income and needy students to take such examinations. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 2355 Virginia HB 2355 (2017)
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Virginia HB 2355 (2017) — Students receiving home instruction; participation in AP and PSAT/NMSQT.

Requires school boards to (i) make Advanced Placement (AP), Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), and PreACT examinations available to students receiving home instruction; (ii) adopt written policies that specify the date by which such students shall register to participate in such examinations; and (iii) notify such students and their parents of such registration deadline and the availability of financial assistance to low-income and needy students to take such examinations. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0302) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2355ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17103344D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health with amendments — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 950 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate with amendments — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Education — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 80 (pass) · legislature
  • Senate amendments agreed to by House — 980 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Brenda L. Pogge — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 17103344D introduction
  • 2017-01-16 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2017-01-20 Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education referral-committee
  • 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-13 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2017-02-13 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2017-02-13 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2017-02-15 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-15 Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2017-02-17 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-17 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
  • 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 302 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/061c5f63-217b-4bd5-bb28-ba7f03483881. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).