Education

Dave has served on the House Education Committee for much of his time in the legislature, and has introduced numerous bills to provide greater educational opportunities and parental involvement. Here is more information:

• Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts

• 2022 SESSION

  • HB 784 Income tax, state; home instruction and private school tax credit.
  • HB 785 Family life education curriculum guidelines; human reproduction, viewing of ultrasound video.
  • HB 786 Instructional material and related academic activities; Board of Education to establish policy. (Incorporated into HB 1009, died in Senate; similar SB 656 becoming law)
  • HB 787 Public elementary and secondary education; training or instruction on certain concepts. (Passed House; killed in Senate)
  • HB 788 Education Improvement Scholarships program; increases percentage for tax credit.
  • HB 789 Family life education programs; student participation, summaries. (Passed House; killed in Senate)
  • HB 1024 Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, definition of poverty guidelines. (Passed House; killed in Senate)
  • HB 1025 Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established.
  • HB 1032 School boards, local; standards for certain public school library materials, parental review.
  • HB 1036 School boards, local; requirement for students to wear masks or other face coverings. (incorporated into HB1272, becoming law)
  • HB 1100 Public elementary and secondary school buildings; standards for maintenance, operations, etc.
  • HB 1347 Family life education instruction; school year time limit.

   

  2021 SESSION

  • HB 2243 Home instruction and private school tax credit.
  • HB 2244 Family life education curriculum guidelines; human reproduction; viewing of ultrasound video.
  • HJ 573 COVID-19 vaccination; voluntary.

   

  2020 SESSION

  • HB 634 School Divisions of Innovation; local assessments.
  • HB 678 Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report.
  • HB 683 Family life education programs; student participation.

   

  2019 SESSION

  • HB 2570 Family life education programs; student participation.
  • HB 2574 School Divisions of Innovation; performance-based assessments. 
  • HB 2568 Child Safety Savings Accounts; established, report.  
  • HJ 684 Educators; Board of Education to establish code of ethics and professional responsibility.

   

  2018 SESSION

  • HB 491 Custody and visitation; rights of parents with a disability.
  • HB 492 Passing a stopped school bus; conviction shall not be made part of driving record.
  • HB 1168 Family life education programs; student participation.
  • HB 1278 School Divisions of Innovation; performance-based assessments.
  • HB 1286 Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts established.
  • HJ 115 Standards of Quality; JLARC to study cost to implement.
  • HJ 117 Board of Education; code of ethics and professional responsibility for educators in public element.

   

  2017 SESSION

  • HB 1605 Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report.  (Vetoed by the Governor)
  • HB 2299 Comprehensive community colleges; tuition grants. Identical to HB1848
  • HR 431 Public institutions of higher education; free speech.
  • HB 1839 School principals; incident reports.

   

  2016 SESSION

  • HB 168 Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons.
  • HB 259 SOL; Bd. of Education prohibited from adopting revisions that implement Common Core State Standards.  (Governor vetoed)
  • HB 389 Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established, report, effective clause.   (Governor vetoed)
  • HB 1132 School principals; incident reports.
  • HB 1134 Disorderly conduct; provisions shall not apply to certain students if occurs on school property.  

   

  2015 SESSION

  • HB 1752 SOL; Bd. of Education prohibited from adopting revisions that implement Common Core State Standards.
  • HB 1753 Home instruction of children; requirements, year-end assessments, cutoff date.
  • HB 1754 Home instruction of children; parent to provide certain testing scores to division superintendent.
  • HB 2231 Student discipline; modifying long-term suspensions and expulsions.
  • HB 2238 Virginia Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts; established. * (Killed by Lt. Gov. Northam) 

“Dave LaRock will be a strong Conservative voice in Richmond for the 33rd District.  As a current representative on the Loudoun County School Board, I share Dave’s commitment to bring more local control to our schools so that we can offer parents true educational choice, reduce over-bearing and under-funded regulations, and bringing the BEST educators to Loudoun County.   I look forward to working with him on these endeavors. His passion, drive, and focus are among the reasons why I am supporting Dave LaRock for 33rd District Delegate on November 5th.” - Jill Turgeon, Vice Chair, Loudoun County School Board (Blue Ridge District)

Our communities have some of the best schools in the nation, but we can make them even better.

• Give parents, teachers, and local officials more control over our schools by cutting red tape and over-regulation from Washington, DC and Richmond.

• Promote flexibility and innovation in the classroom and stop forcing teachers to “teach to the test.”

• Invest in education by rewarding good teachers.

• Encourage and support the rights of parents to direct their
children’s education.

• Cut administrative bureaucracy and shift money to reduce class size and increase teacher compensation.