VirginiaCertified student support agencies; DOE to assess impact of developing program for students.
What it does
Department of Education; assessment; certified student support agencies; report. Requires the Department of Education (the Department) to assess the impact of developing a program to provide student support programs to students enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school through certified student support agencies, as defined in the bill. The bill requires the Department, in conducting such assessment, to consider (i) a framework by which a certified student support agency would enter into a memorandum of understanding with a school board for the purpose of providing student support programs, as defined in the bill, and suggested components of such memorandums of understanding, such as (a) documentation establishing the organization's nonprofit status, (b) a description of each student support program that such organization provides, (c) policies and procedures relating to privacy, background checks, mandated reporting, and the transmission, collection, use, and disposal of student personal information, and (d) consent forms and procedures to be used by such student support programs to obtain the necessary consent from the parent of any student under 18 years of age; (ii) the feasibility of establishing and administering a certification process for certified student support agencies; (iii) potential compliance monitoring and enforcement mechanisms and subsequent penalties for noncompliance to ensure that each certified student support agency complies with such program; (iv) policies and procedures for the secure disposal of a student's personal information upon such student's withdrawal from a student support program, upon the cessation of any such program, or upon such student's graduation or transfer from the school division; and (v) cost estimates, including staffing needs, for the development and implementation of such program.
More detail
The bill requires the Department to submit a report on its findings to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education no later than November 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 178.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0574)Latest
- Apr 13Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 574 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 31Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 31Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026Minor
- Mar 31Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 31Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB190)
- Mar 30Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 30Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB190ER)Major
- Mar 30EnrolledMinor
- Mar 14Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Minor
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt Conference Committee Report R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 14Conference report agreed to by House (66-Y 30-N 0-A)Minor
- Mar 13Conference Report released
- Mar 12House Conferees: Anthony, LeVere Bolling, O'Quinn
- Vote recorded Accede Conference Committee R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 12Conferees appointed by House
- Mar 12Senate Conferees: Williams Graves, Favola, Peake
- Mar 12Conferees appointed by Senate
- Mar 12Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 12House requested conference committeeMinor
- Mar 12House insisted on substituteMajor
- Mar 11House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- Vote recorded Concur House Substitute R. Result: fail.Upper
- Mar 10Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 10Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 10committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Mar 10Read third timeMinor
- Mar 9Passed by for the day
- Mar 9Passed by temporarily
- Mar 9Read third timeMinor
- Mar 6Read second timeMinor
- Mar 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB190)
- Mar 4Committee substitute printed 26108810D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 4Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)Minor
- Mar 3Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB190)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 3Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)Major
- Mar 3House subcommittee offered
- Feb 26Assigned HED sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Feb 18Read first timeMinor
- Feb 18Placed on Calendar
- Feb 13Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 13Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)Major
- Feb 13Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Feb 13Read second timeMinor
- Feb 13Committee substitute printed 26107822D-S1Major
- Feb 12Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 12Rules suspended
- Feb 11Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 29Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 15Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Jan 9Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101635DIntroduced