Committee

Appropriations: Elementary & Secondary Education

Bill Bill Name Progress Referral Date
HB18 Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, reports. Passed 01/15/2026
HB31 Professionally Licensed Teacher Supplemental Pay Program; established, report. Dead 01/23/2026
HB96 School breakfast; availability at no cost to students. Dead 01/22/2026
HB138 Public high schools; career coach required Dead 01/28/2026
HB180 Work-Based Learning Coordinator Pilot Program; established, report, sunset. Dead 01/28/2026
HB195 Programs for at-risk students; permissible uses of funding. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/04/2026
HB254 Child Care Subsidy Program; income-based eligibility for assistance. Dead 01/28/2026
HB259 Home-Based Child Care Provider Start-Up Grants Pilot Program; established, sunset. Dead 01/15/2026
HB263 Certified school library specialists; Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ in DOE. Dead 01/28/2026
HB279 Teachers; timeline and process for increasing salaries to at least national average. Dead 01/17/2026
HB298 Public elementary or secondary school students; evidence-based restorative disciplinary practices. Passed 02/11/2026
HB299 SOL assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release. Passed 02/09/2026
HB359 Private elementary or secondary school; use of public funds for tuition, standards. Dead 02/09/2026
HB362 Public elementary and secondary student textbooks; print as primary curriculum basis. Dead 02/04/2026
HB410 School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required, student participation. Passed 01/28/2026
HB412 Local governing bodies; school division budgets, funding levels. Dead 02/04/2026
HB473 Public ed.; special ed. dispute resolution system, regional special education ombudsman established. Dead 02/11/2026
HB526 Nationally Certified School Psychologist Program; established. Dead 01/17/2026
HB546 Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; funding, duties. Dead 01/20/2026
HB584 Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance, funding, duties, report. Passed 01/20/2026
HB592 Public schools; wearable panic alarm systems. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/04/2026
HB613 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Mentorship Pilot Program; established, report, sunset. Dead 02/11/2026
HB670 Labor & employment provisions; application of law, protection of employees, definition of employer. Passed 02/04/2026
HB748 Bath County and Augusta County School Boards; cost-savings agreements, requirements. Dead 01/20/2026
HB755 School Construction Program; use of grants, debt service. Dead 01/20/2026
HB814 Va. African American, Asian American, etc., & Indigenous Ed. Advisory Board; established, report. Dead 02/06/2026
HB941 High school graduation requirements; hands-on bleeding control training. Dead 02/09/2026
HB1059 Bath and Augusta Counties School Boards; cost-savings agreements. Dead 01/22/2026
HB1113 Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies. Passed 02/04/2026
HB1153 Community Builders Pilot Program; name change, sunset repeal, statewide demonstration model site. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/22/2026
HB1167 Public school funding; composite index of local ability-to-pay; calculation; exclusion of certain exempt property. Dead 01/23/2026
HB1278 School bd. policies; communication & language accessibility for limited English proficient parents. Passed 02/04/2026
HB1301 School boards; student diabetes care & management in schools, division wide plan required. Passed 02/11/2026
HB1367 English language learner students; expenditures, annual data collection, report. Dead 02/04/2026
HB1373 Regional special ed.; DOE to assess enhancements &strategies to maximize use of funds for students. Dead 02/11/2026
HB1446 School nurses; sickle cell disease training. Passed 02/11/2026
HB1470 Annual school division health insur. premium data collection & reporting; publication, requirement. Dead 02/04/2026
SB3 Employee Child Care Assistance Pilot Program; established, reports. Passed 02/18/2026
SB39 Public schools; best practice of tech. tools to assist w/identifying students at risk of self-harm. Dead 02/26/2026
SB134 Public education; early childhood care and education, child care access calculations, report. Passed 02/18/2026
SB264 Individualized education programs; guidelines/materials for students for addressing bullying, etc. Dead 02/26/2026
SB692 Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance, funding, duties, report. Passed 02/12/2026
SB820 Community Builders Pilot Program; name change, sunset repeal, statewide demonstration model site. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/23/2026