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| Bill | Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Board of Visitors; expands membership, powers & duties. | Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind Board of Visitors; membership; powers and duties; meetings. Expands the total membership of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind from 11 to 15 members by increasing the number of nonlegislative citizen members from seven to 11. The bill provides that of the 11 nonlegislative citizen members, two shall be parents of current students at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, of whom (i) one is the parent of a student who is deaf or hard of hearing and one is the parent of a student who is vision impaired and (ii) one represents the Eastern region of the Commonwealth and one represents the Western region of the Commonwealth; two shall be representatives of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind Alumni Association who are deaf or hard of hearing; and two shall be representatives of the Alumni Association who are vision impaired. Under current law, the requirements for the parent representatives are less specific and there is only one representative of the Alumni Association. The bill also amends the powers and duties of the Board of Visitors to include supervising the superintendent, other officers, and the faculty of the school. The bill provides that, in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, any notice of a meeting of the Board of Visitors shall state whether public comment will be received and, if so, the approximate point at which it will be received. The bill requires that at each meeting at which public comment will be received each interested individual is allotted three minutes to speak and prohibits limiting that allotted time without adequate notice prior to the date of the meeting. The bill also requires the Board of Visitors to meet no less than four times each year. Current law provides that the Board of Visitors shall meet no more than four times each year. Finally, the bill defines the terms "deaf," "hard of hearing," and "vision impaired." | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | SB 420 | Virginia SB 420 (2024) |
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Virginia SB 420 (2024) — Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Board of Visitors; expands membership, powers & duties.
Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind Board of Visitors; membership; powers and duties; meetings. Expands the total membership of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind from 11 to 15 members by increasing the number of nonlegislative citizen members from seven to 11. The bill provides that of the 11 nonlegislative citizen members, two shall be parents of current students at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, of whom (i) one is the parent of a student who is deaf or hard of hearing and one is the parent of a student who is vision impaired and (ii) one represents the Eastern region of the Commonwealth and one represents the Western region of the Commonwealth; two shall be representatives of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind Alumni Association who are deaf or hard of hearing; and two shall be representatives of the Alumni Association who are vision impaired. Under current law, the requirements for the parent representatives are less specific and there is only one representative of the Alumni Association. The bill also amends the powers and duties of the Board of Visitors to include supervising the superintendent, other officers, and the faculty of the school. The bill provides that, in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, any notice of a meeting of the Board of Visitors shall state whether public comment will be received and, if so, the approximate point at which it will be received. The bill requires that at each meeting at which public comment will be received each interested individual is allotted three minutes to speak and prohibits limiting that allotted time without adequate notice prior to the date of the meeting. The bill also requires the Board of Visitors to meet no less than four times each year. Current law provides that the Board of Visitors shall meet no more than four times each year. Finally, the bill defines the terms "deaf," "hard of hearing," and "vision impaired."
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0351 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104743D (committee substitute) — source
- SB420ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104743D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2024-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB420)
- 2024-01-30 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2024-02-08 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-09 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
- 2024-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2024-02-15 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
referral-committee - 2024-02-19 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-21 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-26 Committee amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2024-02-26 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2024-02-26 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-28 House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
amendment-passage - 2024-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB420ER)
passage - 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB420ER)
- 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-07 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
enrolled - 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 351 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0351)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d304a816-3ace-4672-8dd5-b4e5f1334819. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).