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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 170: Out-of-school time programs; exemptions from licensure, conditions and requirements.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 170 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 7, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Out-of-school time programs; exemptions from licensure, conditions and requirements. Primary sponsor: Christie Craig (Republican). Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in Education and Health.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Board of Education; out-of-school time programs; exemptions from licensure; conditions and requirements. Exempts from licensure any out-of-school time program that (i) serves only school-age children; (ii) operates primarily after or before regular school hours, during the summer, or at times when school is not normally in session; (iii) is offered for the purpose of promoting expanded childhood learning and enrichment, child and youth development, or educational, recreational, or character-building activities; and (iv) receives and maintains Board of Education certification to operate without a license. The bill provides that any Board-certified, license-exempt out-of-school time program that fails to comply with the conditions set forth in the bill shall receive from the Superintendent notice of such noncompliance with an explanation that if such noncompliance is not resolved within a reasonable period of the time, as determined by the Board, the Superintendent may, at his discretion, deny, suspend, or revoke such program's certification and require it to be licensed.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Christie CraigPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Education and Health
  2. Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
  3. Assigned Education sub: Public Education
  4. Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104797D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source