Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 239 — STEM+C; included in Standards of Learning.

Last action — Continued to 2023 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

STEM+C; Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board.Adds science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computing(STEM+C), which includes real-world, interdisciplinary, and computationalinstruction and preparation of students in STEM+C, to the list oftopics that shall be included in the Standards of Learning for theCommonwealth. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education AdvisoryBoard to develop and submit to the Board of Education (i) a rubricthat shall be used by the Board of Education in setting out what factors permit a school to be defined as a STEM school and (ii) recommendations for the Board to create a measurement for quality of STEM programmingin general education instruction. The bill also directs the VirginiaSTEM Education Advisory Board to draft and report to the Departmentof Education proposed common language and terminology that betterdefines the basic literacies employed in STEM+C as methodologicalapproaches to solving universal human challenges and, as essential,generalizable and transferable literacy toward the application ofskills and content needed to solve those challenges. The bill alsodirects the Department of Education, based on such proposed languageand terminology and no later than December 1, 2022, to recommendfinalized language and terminology to the Board of Education.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Continued to 2023 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N)

  2. Impact statement from DPB (SB239)

  3. Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

  4. Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

  5. Assigned Education sub: Public Education

  6. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  7. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103912D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Continued to 2023 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N)

Passed 14 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14200
Total 14200
% of votes cast 88%13%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
McClellan, Jennifer L. — Yea
Barker, George L. — Yea
David W. Marsden — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hanger, Emmett W., Jr. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Norment, Thomas K., Jr. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Nay
Ruff, Frank M., Jr. — Nay
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Vogel, Jill Holtzman — Yea

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Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Barker, George L. — Yea
Cosgrove, John A., Jr. — Yea
David R. Suetterlein — Yea
Dunnavant, Siobhan S. — Yea
Edwards, John S. — Yea
Hashmi, Ghazala F. — Yea
Howell, Janet D. — Yea
L. Louise Lucas — Yea
Lewis, Lynwood W., Jr. — Yea
Mamie E. Locke — Yea
Mark J. Peake — Yea
Newman, Stephen D. — Yea
Petersen, J. Chapman — Yea
Saslaw, Richard L. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea

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Subjects

education technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 239 do?
STEM+C; Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board.Adds science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computing(STEM+C), which includes real-world, interdisciplinary, and computationalinstruction and preparation of students in STEM+C, to the list oftopics that shall be included in the Standards of Learning for theCommonwealth. The bill also directs the Virginia STEM Education AdvisoryBoard to develop and submit to the Board of Education (i) a rubricthat shall be used by the Board of Education in setting out what factors permit a school to be defined as a STEM school and (ii) recommendations for the Board to create a measurement for quality of STEM programmingin general education instruction. The bill also directs the VirginiaSTEM Education Advisory Board to draft and report to the Departmentof Education proposed common language and terminology that betterdefines the basic literacies employed in STEM+C as methodologicalapproaches to solving universal human challenges and, as essential,generalizable and transferable literacy toward the application ofskills and content needed to solve those challenges. The bill alsodirects the Department of Education, based on such proposed languageand terminology and no later than December 1, 2022, to recommendfinalized language and terminology to the Board of Education.
Who sponsors SB 239?
SB 239 is sponsored by Ghazala F. Hashmi.
What is the current status of SB 239?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 239?
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