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| Bill | Student instruction; local alternative instructional time models permitted. | Public schools; instructional time; competency-based education. Requires the Board of Education to provide local school boards maximum flexibility to waive existing instructional clock hour requirements by developing alternative instructional time models in accordance with the Board's regulations and guidelines relating to instructional time waivers. The bill directs the Board, when revising its regulations and adopting Standards of Accreditation, to provide flexibility for school boards to develop programs that provide for acceleration, remediation, and multiple pathways to graduation that permit students to demonstrate competency at different rates. The bill also requires the Board to update, by December 1, 2024, its Guidelines for Graduation Requirements: Local Alternative Paths to Standard Units of Credit (Alternatives to the 140-Clock-Hour Requirement) to include guidance regarding (i) waiver pathway options to allow students time within the school day to complete work-based learning opportunities; (ii) advanced learning opportunities focused on problem-solving, critical and creative thinking, communication, collaboration, and citizenship skills; (iii) content that provides technical knowledge, skills, and competency-based applied learning; (iv) a method for approving alternative programs, including dual enrollment courses as specified in the bill; (v) other instructional time models adopted to meet instructional hour requirements through a variety of learning modalities; and (vi) offering instructional and learning opportunities including innovative, advanced, and enrichment programs for the full school year. Finally, the bill requires the Board to submit to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2024, a report on its progress in implementing the provisions of the bill. This bill incorporates HB 663 and HB 1081. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 1477 | Virginia HB 1477 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 1477 (2024) — Student instruction; local alternative instructional time models permitted.
Public schools; instructional time; competency-based education. Requires the Board of Education to provide local school boards maximum flexibility to waive existing instructional clock hour requirements by developing alternative instructional time models in accordance with the Board's regulations and guidelines relating to instructional time waivers. The bill directs the Board, when revising its regulations and adopting Standards of Accreditation, to provide flexibility for school boards to develop programs that provide for acceleration, remediation, and multiple pathways to graduation that permit students to demonstrate competency at different rates. The bill also requires the Board to update, by December 1, 2024, its Guidelines for Graduation Requirements: Local Alternative Paths to Standard Units of Credit (Alternatives to the 140-Clock-Hour Requirement) to include guidance regarding (i) waiver pathway options to allow students time within the school day to complete work-based learning opportunities; (ii) advanced learning opportunities focused on problem-solving, critical and creative thinking, communication, collaboration, and citizenship skills; (iii) content that provides technical knowledge, skills, and competency-based applied learning; (iv) a method for approving alternative programs, including dual enrollment courses as specified in the bill; (v) other instructional time models adopted to meet instructional hour requirements through a variety of learning modalities; and (vi) offering instructional and learning opportunities including innovative, advanced, and enrichment programs for the full school year. Finally, the bill requires the Board to submit to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2024, a report on its progress in implementing the provisions of the bill. This bill incorporates HB 663 and HB 1081.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0421 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24107346D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24107772D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1477ER (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 24104317D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24104317D
introduction - 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2024-02-01 Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2024-02-07 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107346D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-07 Incorporates HB1081 (Coyner)
- 2024-02-07 Incorporates HB663 (Tata)
- 2024-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107346D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1477H1
substitution - 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2024-02-22 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-29 Committee substitute printed 24107772D-S1
substitution - 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB1477S1)
- 2024-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
- 2024-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 24107772D-S1
substitution - 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1477S1
substitution - 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107772D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1477ER)
passage - 2024-03-25 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1477ER)
- 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 421 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0421)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49608b32-5674-4d93-919b-d0ed6ab935d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).