VirginiaDivision superintendents; Board of Education to amend regulations, qualifications.
What it does
Board of Education; regulations; qualifications of division superintendents. Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulation that establishes the qualifications for division superintendents to (i) require the record of each candidate for the list of eligible division superintendents and the renewable division superintendent license under any of the four permitted options to attest to good character and demonstrated ability as an educational administrator and (ii) amend Option IV by requiring the candidate to have (a) completed five years of successful educational experience in a public school or an accredited nonpublic school, two years of which shall have been full-time teaching experience at the preK-12 level and two years of which shall have been in administration and supervision and (b) been recommended by a school board that is interested in employing the individual as division superintendent and that governs a school division with fewer than 2,000 enrolled students. The bill also provides that the requirements under Option IV that were in effect prior to the effective date of the bill shall apply to any individual who was employed as a division superintendent pursuant to Option IV as of such date and who maintains continuous employment as a division superintendent in any school division in the Commonwealth after such date.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 13Governor's recommendation received by HouseLatest
- Mar 14Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 14Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026Minor
- Mar 12Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 11Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1165)
- Mar 11Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1165ER)Major
- Mar 11EnrolledMinor
- Mar 4Senate amendment agreed to by House (62-Y 33-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 2Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 2Engrossed by Senate as amended
- Mar 2Education and Health Amendment agreed toMajor
- Mar 2Read third timeMinor
- Feb 27Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 27Rules suspended
- Feb 26Reported from Education and Health with amendment (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Senate subcommittee offered
- Feb 19Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 11Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 11Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1165)
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 10Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N 0-A)Passed House
- Feb 9Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 9committee amendments agreed toMajor
- Feb 9Read second timeMinor
- Feb 6Read first timeMinor
- Feb 4Reported from Education with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3House subcommittee offered
- Jan 30Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1165)
- Jan 30Assigned HED sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 14Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104767DIntroduced