The K-12 Subcommittee advanced bills on school start dates, restorative discipline, school safety from immigration enforcement, inclusive history standards, teacher licensure, and restraint/seclusion codification, while tabling six bills on topics including transgender students in sports, parental notification of gender identity, per-pupil funding for non-public settings, and family life education content.
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Chloe Edwards (New Virginia Majority) argued 'the consideration language introduced does weaken that goal because consideration is already an option and the lack of standardization is exactly what fuels the school to prison pipeline,' while Delegate McQuinn framed the shift from 'implementation' to 'give consideration' as a positive change that preserved administrative discretion and school safety.
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“At its core, this is a forced outing bill. It requires schools to disclose deeply personal information about a student without a student's consent and without any consideration of the potential harm or that disclosure may cause at home or at school.”
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Sign in to subscribeGood afternoon. The K12 subcommittee will come to order. Welcome and thank you for being here today and being part of our democratic process. As you may know, the K12 education committee is one of the busiest committees in the House of Delegates. So we'll be moving these meetings along at a brisk pace. We want as many people to participate as possible. So please be brief and concise and keep testimony to less than one minute. If we see a large number of people who want to speak, we'll be setting the clock for three minutes per side. I wanted to set some ground rules for decorum in this committee. Please address all comments through me, the chair, and exercise respect for our members. For example, there will be no shouting, sign waving, booing, name calling, or disrespect of any of the members of this committee. I also want to draw your attention to the opportunity to submit written comments online@hodspeak house.virginia.gov this is a really good way to participate because when you testify in person, comments only last for this meeting. But if you submit comments online, your comments follow these bills through the entire process and legislators…
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