HJR406 - Commending Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ.

51 Co-Sponsors

HR338 - Commending Megan Tucker.

74 Co-Sponsors

HR339 - Commending student-guitarists of Loudoun County Public Schools.

70 Co-Sponsors

HJR315 - Commending Barry Nelson.

50 Co-Sponsors

HJR227 - Commending Vale United Methodist Church.

39 Co-Sponsors

HJR365 - Celebrating the life of the Honorable Onzlee Ware.

94 Co-Sponsors

HJR228 - Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Burgoyne Knapp.

37 Co-Sponsors

HJR257 - Commending the Fairfax County Public Library.

1 Co-Sponsor

HB100 - Child labor offenses; increases civil penalties.

45 Co-Sponsors

Child labor offenses; civil penalties. Increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the civil penalty for each violation of child labor laws that results in the employment of a child who is seriously injured or dies in the course of employment. The bill also increases from $1,000 to $2,500 the maximum civil penalty for each other violation of child labor laws and provides that such civil penalty shall not be less than $500. The bill directs the Department of Labor and Industry to convene a stakeholder work group to develop education and outreach plans to inform young workers and employers about child labor laws.

HB624 - English language learner students; ratios of instructional positions, At-Risk Program established.

47 Co-Sponsors

Public school staffing and funding; National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund; At-Risk Program; English language learner students. Renames the National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund as the National Board Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund, expands eligibility for incentive grant awards from such Fund pursuant to such Program from solely teachers who have obtained national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to all public school staff who are candidates for initial national certification or maintenance of national certification to cover certain costs of obtaining or maintaining such certification and all public school staff who have successfully obtained or maintained such certification, and permits certain teachers to apply for additional incentive grants pursuant to such Program and Fund. The bill also establishes the At-Risk Program for the purpose of supporting programs and services for students who are educationally at risk, including prevention, intervention, or remediation activities required pursuant to relevant law, teacher recruitment programs and initiatives, programs for English language learners, the hiring of additional school counselors and other support staff, and other programs relating to increasing the success of disadvantaged students in completing a high school degree and providing opportunities to encourage further education and training. The bill also contains provisions relating to certain funding requirements for the At-Risk Program. Finally, the bill requires state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act to support ratios of instructional positions to English language learner students based on each such student's English proficiency level, as established in the general appropriation act.