VirginiaWork-Based Learning Coordinator Pilot Program; established, report, sunset.
What it does
Work-Based Learning Coordinator Pilot Program established. Establishes the Work-Based Learning Coordinator Pilot Program for the purpose of expanding equitable access to high-quality work-based learning experiences for public school students. The bill requires the Department of Education to administer the Pilot Program by selecting 12 to 24 school divisions or consortia thereof as participants.
More detail
Under the bill, each participating school division is required to employ or contract with a work-based learning coordinator to perform certain duties over the three-year pilot period, including executing written agreements with employer partners to provide work-based learning experiences for students, such as paid or unpaid internships, cooperative education, clinical experiences, youth-registered apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, externships, job shadowing, and school-based enterprises. The bill also contains provisions relating to the funding of and the reporting of data pursuant to the Pilot Program. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2029.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Feb 18Left in Committee AppropriationsLatest
- Jan 30Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends laying on the table. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary EducationMinor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Reported from Education with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 4-N)Minor
- Jan 27Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27House subcommittee offered
- Jan 23Assigned HED sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103135DIntroduced