VirginiaRestorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established, report, effective date.
What it does
Public schools; student discipline; Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established. Establishes the Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program (the Program), to be administered by the Department of Education (the Department), for the purpose of addressing school discipline issues and promoting evidence-based restorative practices, as that term is defined in the bill, in public schools in the Commonwealth by awarding grants to a school division in each superintendent's region in the Commonwealth to be used in developing and implementing a comprehensive plan to integrate evidence-based restorative practices in such school divisions in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill directs the Department to (i) develop the application process by which a school board may apply to receive funds pursuant to the Program; (ii) establish criteria for the selection and award of grants pursuant to the Program; and (iii) develop a process for evaluating the progress and performance of each school division selected to receive a grant pursuant to the Program in implementing such evidence-based restorative practices and satisfying the Program requirements set forth in the bill.
More detail
The bill requires any such school division to (a) establish a learning collaborative for the purpose of developing a comprehensive plan for implementing evidence-based restorative practices in accordance with the provisions of the bill and (b) submit to the Department by July 1 of each year immediately following any year for which it receives a grant a report on its progress in implementing such evidence-based restorative practices for the preceding school year. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 14Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 14Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)
- Feb 13Committee substitute printed 25107248D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Feb 10Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 3Education Substitute agreed to
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Jan 31Read first timeMinor
- Jan 30Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)
- Jan 29Committee substitute printed 25105134D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Jan 28Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 24Assigned Educ sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 23Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104246DIntroduced
- Feb 14Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)Latest