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Make sure you bookmark our Advocacy Website. It is a one-stop shop with resources for advocacy as well as our Bill Tracker and Archived Policy Updates.
Here is a quick-stop of links you can use during General Assembly:
Up-Front Summary:
- There are a few voting trends that are typical during General Session that are holding true this year.
- There are bills with bi-partisan support that are making there way toward crossover, and there are some that are not making it through Appropriations because of the funding attached to the bills.
- There are bills that we are watching that are clearly partisan, and those seem to follow party-line votes in both chambers. This will make crossover interesting.
Below is a list of bills (still in play) our Policy Team supports and those we oppose. Other bills we are either watching or have decided not to track. You can see our full bill tracker HERE, which contains more information including each bill's current status. Additionally, each bill listed below is linked to its page in LIS.
Bills we Support
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HB 1526 Student literacy measures; scope; students in grades four through eight. (1/27 - Reported from Appropriations with amendments (22-0))
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HB 1566 Compensation of public school teachers and other Standards of Quality-funded positions; competitive rate. (1/27 - Report with substitute and referred to Appropriations)
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HB 1762 School boards; Teacher Reengagement Program established. (1/25 - Report and Refer to Appropriations (9-0))
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HB 1884 Board of Education; students with disabilities; assessment frequency. (1/27 - Recommend Report (7-0))
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HB 2124 School psychologists; staffing flexibility. (1/27 - House Block Vote Passage (98-0))
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HB 2457 Public elementary and secondary school teachers; certain training activities; frequency; report (1/26 - Report (8-0))
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SB 156 Public schools; English language learners.
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SB 157 Competitive compensation for certain positions in public elementary and secondary schools.
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SB 890 Veterans' Teaching Licensure Support Fund and Program; established. (1/26 - Reported and Referred to Finance and Appropriations)
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SB 1109 Board of Education; College and Career Readiness for English Language Learners Grant Program and Fund; established. (1/25 - Assigned to Public Ed Subcommittee)
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SB 1175 Student literacy measures; scope; students in grades four through eight. (1/19 - Reported and Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations)
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SB 1215 Compensation of public school teachers and other Standards of Quality-funded positions; competitive rate. (1/19 - Reported and Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations)
Bills we Oppose
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HB 1124 Board of Education; school boards; codes of student conduct; contents.
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HB 1371 Education Savings Account Program established; Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits. (1/25 - Passed by for the Day)
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HB 1454 Home instruction; parents; criteria. (1/27 - Assigned to K-12 Subcommittee)
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HB 1461 Department of Education; uniform system of discipline for disruptive student behavior. (1/25 - Report with Substitute (11-9))
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HB 1508 Virginia Education Success Account Program; establishment. (1/25 - Report and Refer to Appropriations (11-10))
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HB 1909 Public elementary and secondary schools; establishment of opportunity classrooms. (1/27 - Recommend Report with Amendments (5-3))
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HB 2269 Certain federal pandemic relief funds for public education; certain conditions; emergency. (1/25 - Report with Substitute to Appropriations (5-3))
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HJ 474 Constitutional amendment (first reference); Board of Education; repeal; transfer powers and duties to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. (1/2 - Committee Referral Pending)
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SB 430 Department of Education; assessing individual student growth.
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SB 893 Education improvement scholarships tax credits; transferability. (1/12 - Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations)
If there are bills we may have missed or bills you have a question about, please reach out to our Executive Director, Chris Jones at vaeducatorcmj@gmail.com.
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