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Youngkin signs legislation
Governor Glenn Youngkin's office says he signed over 100 bills into law this week. Of those pieces of legislation, the governor specifically touted bills from Del. Roxanne Robinson (R-Chesterfield) and Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant (R-Henrico) that he says helped him deliver on campaign promises.
HB 938 from Robinson requires the Board of Education to collaborate with the state Superintendent and the Secretary of Education to convene a group of stakeholders that includes parents, public school principals & superintendents, school board members, teachers, institutions of higher education, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, industry partners and employers, and other concerned stakeholders to evaluate, to implement where possible, and to otherwise make recommendations to the General Assembly. The group is tasked with making recommendations on how to promote excellence in math, expanding the advanced diploma, increasing the transparency and honesty of performance measures, ensuring that the proficiency standards on Standards of Learning assessments in reading and mathematics are maintained, and ensuring that performance measures prioritize the attainment of grade-level proficiency and growth during the course of a school year and from school year to school year in reading and math for all students, especially in grades kindergarten through five.
SB 656from Dunnavantrequires school divisions to develop policies for ensuring parental notification of any instructional material that includes sexually explicit content. This bill will allow the parent of any student to review instructional material that includes sexually explicit content and provide alternative nonexplicit instructional material and related academic activities to any student whose parent so requests.
“HB 938, carried by Delegate Roxann Robinson, and SB 656, carried by Senator Siobhan Dunnavant, both deliver on my Day One promises to give parents a greater say in their children’s education,” Youngkin said in a statement. “I'm pleased to sign them into law, along with many other bipartisan bills that will enhance education, improve public safety, provide tax relief, and make government work better for the people of Virginia.”
Here is a summary of the rest of the bills Youngkin signed this week:
