2020 General Assembly Weekly Update
January 17, 2020
2020 General Assembly Update
Key Education-Related Subjects
Week ending Friday, January 17, 2020
Fairfax County Public Schools, Office of Government Relations
Additional information regarding the education-related legislation described below, as well as for all other bills related to education can be found in the thirteen subject categories located on the web pages of the FCPS Office of Government Relations at https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/departments-and-offices/government-relations/virginia-general-assembly. Bills in these categories are linked to the Virginia Division of Legislative Services web pages, which provide up-to-date summary, fiscal impact and bill status information.
K-12 Related Legislation
Friday, January 17th was the last day for legislators to introduce bills for the current session. It will still take a few days for their final submissions to enter the legislative information system, so we should know all bills under consideration for this Session by Monday. As of this writing, over 500 bills have been identified with some relationship to K-12 education.
The tables below include all introduced bills (as of 01/17/2020) that we have identified which could impose some sort of mandate or requirement on local school divisions, including required training, required curriculum, or required data or parental reporting. Please note that not all bills listed here would necessarily have a quantifiable financial impact nor are they necessarily problematic -- details on actual impacts (including potential costs) are still being determined and will be shared as appropriate. Also note that some bills are listed in more than one category since they may affect multiple areas. And finally note that several the bills listed below were already reported in narrative form in last week’s Update.
Buses, Buildings and Safety Mandate, or Required Reporting, Training or Curriculum Bills
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Board of Education; uniform minimum standards modern; public school buildings, annual reporting |
Stanley |
Mandate |
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Emergency Management, Department of; responsibilities of political subdivisions. |
Price |
Mandate |
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Local school boards; lead testing, report, parental notification. |
Askew |
Mandate |
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School boards, local; lead testing potable water. |
McPike |
Mandate |
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Local school boards; mold testing; parental notification. |
Ebbin |
Mandate |
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Public school buildings; testing for Legionella bacteria, review, report. |
Hashmi |
Mandate |
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Menstrual supplies; certain school buildings (grades 5-12) |
Boysko |
Mandate |
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Menstrual supplies; certain school buildings (grades 5-12) |
Keam |
Mandate |
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Potable water; purified water bottle filling station. |
Stanley |
Mandate |
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Potable water. Requirements for filtered water bottle filling stations |
Hayes |
Mandate |
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Public property, etc.; required security on premises where firearms are prohibited. |
Chase |
Mandate |
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Public school buses; seat belts required for new buses, all buses by July 1, 2038 |
Krizek |
Mandate |
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Public schools; lock-down drills, notice to parents. |
VanValkenburg |
Reporting |
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Public schools; mental health break spaces, regulations. |
Samirah |
Mandate |
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Public schools; school resource officers and school security officers, data collection |
VanValkenburg |
Reporting |
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Public schools; school resource officers and school security officers, data collection |
Locke |
Reporting |
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School boards and local law-enforcement agencies; memorandums of understanding, frequency of review (biennial) |
VanValkenburg |
Mandate |
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School boards and local law-enforcement agencies; memorandums of understanding, frequency of review (biennial) |
Locke |
Mandate |
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School boards; duties; assistance with student bus pass applications. |
Tran |
Mandate |
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School bus drivers; critical shortages, annual reporting |
Bell |
Reporting |
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School bus drivers; critical shortages, annual reporting |
Deeds |
Reporting |
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School resource officers and school security officers; Training standards. |
Jones |
Training |
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School resource officers and school security officers; Training standards. |
Locke |
Training |
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School resource officers; memorandums of understanding. |
Guzman |
Mandate |
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School resource officers; memorandums of understanding. |
Lopez |
Mandate |
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School resource officers; required in every school. |
McGuire |
Mandate |
Conduct and Discipline Mandate, or Required Reporting, Training or Curriculum Bills
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Discipline; suspension, access to graded work. |
Delaney |
Mandate |
Financial Services Mandate, or Required Reporting, Training or Curriculum Bills
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School boards; school meal policies, parental notification and opt-out. |
Roem |
Reporting |
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School boards; school meals; required participation by school divisions, availability to students. |
Roem |
Mandate |
Instruction Mandate, or Required Reporting, Training or Curriculum Bills
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English language learner students; guidance, information, program requirements, and policies. |
Keam |
Mandate |
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Family life education programs; required posting of materials; summaries. |
Leftwich |
Mandate |
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Family life education programs; student participation (opt in v. opt out) |
LaRock |
Mandate |
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Family life education; Standards of Learning and Curriculum guidelines; contemporary community. |
Keam |
Mandate |
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Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Committee; established, report. |
Sickles |
Curriculum |
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Parental notice; literacy and Response to Intervention screening and services. |
Delaney |
Reporting |
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Public elementary schools; required annual instruction on success sequence. |
Miyares |
Mandate |
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Public schools; anti-hate instruction. |
Boysko |
Curriculum |
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Public schools; electives on the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament and the New Testament. |
Chase |
Curriculum |
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Public schools; required firearm safety education program. |
Webert |
Curriculum |
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Public schools; required firearm safety education program. |
Norment |
Curriculum |
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Public schools; increases kindergarten instructional time. |
Barker |
Mandate |
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Public schools; required electives on the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament and the New Testament. |
Robinson |
Curriculum |
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Reading diagnostic tests; intervention. |
Hope |
Mandate |
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School board policies; homework assignments prohibited without internet connection. |
Poindexter |
Mandate |
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School counselors; staffing ratios; school counselors. 1:250 plus one additional hour per day per 50 students by 21-22 |
McQuinn |
SOQ |
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School counselors; minimum staffing ratio. BOS recommendations, 1:250 by 21-22 |
Locke |
SOQ |
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School counselors; minimum staffing ratio. BOS recommendations, 1:250 by 21-22 |
McQuinn |
SOQ |
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Standards of Learning; social-emotional learning and development. |
Rasoul |
Mandate |
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Students in grades 6, 7, and 8; computer science/introduction to technology course required. |
Simonds |
Mandate |
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Tobacco and nicotine vapor products; parental educational information. |
Kory |
Reporting |
Information Technology Mandate, or Required Reporting, Training or Curriculum Bills
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School board policies; homework assignments prohibited without internet connection. |
Poindexter |
Mandate |
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Learning management system; Department of Education to obtain for public schools. |
Dunnavant |
Mandate |
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Student growth measurement system; Department of Education to obtain an individualized system. |
Dunnavant |
Mandate |
Personnel Mandate, or Required Reporting, Training or Curriculum Bills
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Child's school activities; employers to allow parental leave for activities. |
Miyares |
Mandate |
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Human Rights, Division of; annual survey of certain employers. |
Hurst |
Reporting |
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SOQ; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners. Moves standard to 20:1,000 |
Kory |
SOQ |
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SOQ; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners. level 1: 1:25 level 2 1:30 level 3 1:40 all other 1:58 |
Guzman |
SOQ |
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SOQ; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners. level 1: 1:25 level 2 1:30 level 3 1:40 all other 1:58 |
Hashmi |
SOQ |
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Public school employees, certain; online mental health awareness Training required. |
Reid |
Training |
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Public schools; Mental Health First Aid Training, required every 3 years |
Samirah |
Training |
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Public schools; Mental Health First Aid Training. |
Kory |
Training |
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Teacher licensure; mental health first aid. |
Deeds |
Training |
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Public schools; seizure treatment and training. |
DeSteph |
Training |
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School boards; planning time and planning periods for elementary school teachers., avg. 45 min per day |
Stuart |
Mandate |
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School boards; planning time and planning periods for elementary school teachers., avg. 45 min per day |
VanValkenburg |
Mandate |
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School counselors; staffing ratios; school counselors. 1:250 plus one additional hour per day per 50 students by 21-22 |
McQuinn |
SOQ |
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School counselors; minimum staffing ratio. BOS recommendations, 1:250 by 21-22 |
Locke |
SOQ |
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School counselors; minimum staffing ratio. BOS recommendations, 1:250 by 21-22 |
McQuinn |
SOQ |
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School library clerical personnel; ES 1:300 or 2:700; MS 1:300, 2:800, or 3 to 1,700; HS 1 full time, 2:900, 3:1,800 |
Roem |
SOQ |
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School librarians. 1 part time to 299; ES 1:300 or 2:700; MS 1:300, 2:800, or 3 to 1,700; HS 1 full time, 2:900, 3:1,800 |
Roem |
SOQ |
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School personnel; staffing ratios, school nurses. 1 per school or 1 per 550 students |
Stuart |
SOQ |
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SOQ; Board of Education recommendations work-based learning, teacher leaders and mentors, principal mentors. |
Aird |
SOQ |
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SOQ; Board of Education recommendations work-based learning, teacher leaders and mentors, principal mentors. |
McClellan |
SOQ |
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Teacher and support staff shortages; data, annual reporting. |
Willett |
Reporting |
Retirement and Insurance Mandate, or Required Reporting, Training or Curriculum Bills
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School boards; paid maternity leave benefit policy. |
Simonds |
Mandate |
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Health insurance; credits for retired school division employees. |
McQuinn |
Mandate |
Student Activities Mandate, or Required Reporting, Training or Curriculum Bills
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Student-athletes; sudden cardiac arrest prevention. coaches, student-athletes, and student-athletes' parents |
Reeves |
Training |
School Board Governance Mandate, or Required Reporting, Training or Curriculum Bills
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Children with disabilities; alternative placements, voucher for state funds |
Freitas |
Mandate |
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Virginia Freedom of Information Act; scholastic records, charges. |
Freitas |
Mandate |
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Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report. |
LaRock |
Mandate |
Standards of Quality Mandate, or Required Reporting, Training or Curriculum Bills
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Instructional positions; students identified as having limited English proficiency. Moves standard to 20:1,000 |
Kory |
SOQ |
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SOQ; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners. level 1: 1:25 level 2 1:30 level 3 1:40 all other 1:58 |
Hashmi |
SOQ |
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SOQ; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners. level 1: 1:25 level 2 1:30 level 3 1:40 all other 1:58 |
Guzman |
SOQ |
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Learning management system; Department of Education to obtain for public schools. |
Dunnavant |
Mandate |
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School boards; career and technical education; academic and career plans; contents. |
O'Quinn |
Reporting |
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School counselors; staffing ratios; school counselors. 1:250 plus one additional hour per day per 50 students by 21-22 |
McQuinn |
SOQ |
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School counselors and social workers; student to position ratio. 1:250 for schools over 50% free lunch |
Keam |
SOQ |
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School counselors; minimum staffing ratio. BOS recommendations, 1:250 by 21-22 |
Locke |
SOQ |
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School counselors; minimum staffing ratio. BOS recommendations, 1:250 by 21-22 |
McQuinn |
SOQ |
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School library clerical personnel; ratios ES 1:300 or 2:700; MS 1:300, 2:800, or 3 to 1,700; HS 1 full time, 2:900, 3:1,800 |
Roem |
SOQ |
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School librarians. 1 part time to 299; ES 1:300 or 2:700; MS 1:300, 2:800, or 3 to 1,700; HS 1 full time, 2:900, 3:1,800 |
Roem |
SOQ |
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SOQ; Board of Education recommendations work-based learning, teacher leaders and mentors, principal mentors. |
Aird |
SOQ |
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SOQ; Board of Education recommendations work-based learning, teacher leaders and mentors, principal mentors. |
McClellan |
SOQ |
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Standards of Learning; social-emotional learning and development. |
Rasoul |
Mandate |
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Student growth measurement system; Department of Education to obtain an individualized system. |
Dunnavant |
Mandate |
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Students in grades 6, 7, and 8; computer science/introduction to technology course required. |
Simonds |
Mandate |
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Students with limited or interrupted formal education;' DOE to develop statewide definition, data reporting |
Kory |
Reporting |
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Students with limited or interrupted formal education;' DOE to develop statewide definition, data reporting |
Favola |
Reporting |
Special Services Mandate, or Required Reporting, Training or Curriculum Bills
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Children with disabilities; alternative placements, voucher for state funds |
Freitas |
Mandate |
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Menstrual supplies; certain school buildings (grades 5-12) |
Keam |
Mandate |
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Menstrual supplies; certain school buildings (grades 5-12) |
Boysko |
Mandate |
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Parental notice; literacy and Response to Intervention screening and services. |
Delaney |
Reporting |
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Public schools; mental health break spaces, regulations. |
Samirah |
Mandate |
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Public school employees, certain; online mental health awareness Training required. |
Reid |
Training |
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Teacher licensure; mental health first aid. |
Deeds |
Training |
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Public schools; Mental Health First Aid Training, required every 3 years |
Samirah |
Training |
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Public schools; Mental Health First Aid Training. |
Kory |
Training |
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Public schools; possession of undesignated stock albuterol inhalers; administration. |
Lopez |
Mandate |
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Public schools; seizure treatment and training. |
DeSteph |
Training |
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Reading diagnostic tests; intervention. |
Hope |
Mandate |
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School boards; duties; assistance with student bus pass applications. |
Tran |
Mandate |
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School counselors and social workers; student to position ratio. 1:250 for schools over 50% free lunch |
Keam |
SOQ |
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School personnel; staffing ratios, school nurses. |
Stuart |
SOQ |
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Student assessments; language translation. |
Kory |
Mandate |
Bills Similar to Legislation Previously Reported in January 10th Update
- Minimum Staffing Ratio for School Counselors – SB 880 (Locke) - Previously reported - HB 1508 (McQuinn), HB 1515 (McQuinn) and HB398 (Keam)
- "Students With Limited or Interrupted Formal Education;" DOE to Develop Statewide Definition – SB 933 (Favola) – Previously Reported HB 522 (Kory)
- English Language Learner Students; Removal From Certain Non-Academic School Performance Indicator Calculations – SB 934 (Favola) - Previously reported HB 1294 (Kory)
- Potable Water – HB 1085 (Hayes) – Previously Reported SB 299 (Stanley)
- Standards of Quality; State Funding; Ratios of Teachers to English Language Learners – SB 910 (Favola) – Previously reported - HB 1323 (Kory) and HB 975 (Guzman)
- Collective Bargaining SB 939 (Saslaw) – Previously reported HB 327 (Levine) and HB 582 (Guzman)