VirginiaPublic education; early childhood care and education, funding formula calculations.
What it does
Public education; early childhood care and education; funding formula calculations; Early Childhood Care and Education Fund established; report. Requires the Department of Education to (i) establish and maintain a funding formula for the provision of early childhood care and education services that establishes the minimum funding and number of slots per biennium for such providers based on a cost of quality rate per child, actual data from the prior year, unserved waitlists, and a multiplier based on enrollment and parent demand growth in prior biennia; (ii) make disbursements from the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund, established in the bill, to support the provision of early childhood care and education services in accordance with the funding formula set forth in the bill; and (iii) submit to the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education a report on the status of the Fund, including the data used to calculate the minimum funding and number of slots per biennium established pursuant to the funding formula. The bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to submit to the General Assembly by November 1 of each year a report on Fund revenues, distributions, and balances.
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The bill contains a reenactment clause.
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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 18Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2538)Latest
- Feb 17Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations with letter (14-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Committee substitute printed 25107038D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 10Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2538)
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (71-Y 28-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (71-Y 28-N)Passed House
- Feb 3Printed as engrossed 25104342D-E
- Feb 3Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 3Education Amendment agreed toMajor
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Jan 31Read first timeMinor
- Jan 29Reported from Education with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2538)
- Jan 22Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (6-Y 2-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (6-Y 2-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Assigned Educ sub: Early ChildhoodMinor
- Jan 9Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104342DIntroduced