HB2009
Career and technical education courses, pathways, and credentials; biennial review, report.
Summary
As Introduced. Board of Education; career and technical education courses, pathways, and credentials; biennial review; report.
Requires the Board of Education and the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, with the assistance of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement and the Virginia Office of Education Economics, the Department of Education, the Virginia Community College System, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to conduct, ... (More) beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 2025, and each odd-numbered year thereafter, a biennial review of all career and technical education course, pathway, and credential offerings available to public school students across the Commonwealth for the purpose of ensuring that all such career and technical education course, pathway, and credential offerings are (i) aligned with current and emerging industry and workforce needs, demands, and standards and (ii) designed to effectively prepare students for postsecondary success through gainful employment in a high-demand industry or field, enrollment in postsecondary education, or enlistment in the United States Armed Forces. The bill requires the Board of Education and the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to develop and submit to the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, and the chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by October 1 of each odd-numbered year, beginning with October 1, 2025, a report on each such biennial review. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104608D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/24/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/24/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/24/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2009)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/04/2025 - House: Left in Education
