VirginiaSchool boards; expands availability of allowable alternatives for pupil transportation.
What it does
Schools boards; pupil transportation; alternatives. Expands the availability of allowable alternatives to traditional school bus transportation services relating to the transportation of students to and from school or school-related activities, including permitting any school board of a school division for which providing transportation by school bus is not cost effective to use a portion of its transportation funding to provide a grant to any parent of a student who provides student transportation to and from school, subject to certain conditions enumerated in the bill.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2024
- Nov 19Left in Education and HealthLatest
- Feb 29Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded S Continued to 2025 in Education and Health. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 21Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 18Impact statement from DPB (HB842E)
- Feb 13Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 12VOTE: Passage (81-Y 19-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Read third time and passed House (81-Y 19-N)Passed House
- Feb 9Passed by for the day
- Feb 8Printed as engrossed 24103262D-E
- Feb 8Engrossed by House as amended HB842E
- Feb 8Committee amendment agreed toMajor
- Feb 8Read second timeMinor
- Feb 7Read first timeMinor
- Feb 5Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported with amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Reported with amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- Jan 30House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Jan 29Impact statement from DPB (HB842)
- Jan 29Assigned Education sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 9Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103262DIntroduced