Virginia House Bill 386

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-11-18 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Public school staffing ratios; specialized student support positions. Increases the number of specialized student support positions required to be employed by each local school board from at least three to at least four such positions per 1,000 students in the local school division. Such specialized student support positions include school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts, and other licensed health and behavioral positions.

Public schools; increase staffing ratios for specialized student support positions.

Del. Phil Hernandez [D]	Del. Bonita Anthony [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Katrina Callsen [D]
Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Laura Jane Cohen [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]
Del. Michael Feggans [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]	Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra [D]	Del. Marty Martinez [D]
Del. Adele McClure [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2024-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Education (18-Y 3-N) (Y: 18 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-11-18	House	Left in Appropriations
2024-02-07	House	Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
2024-02-05	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
2024-01-25	House	Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
2024-01-25	House	Impact statement from DPB (HB386)
2024-01-24	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2024-01-24	House	Reported from Education (18-Y 3-N)
2024-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2024-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2024-01-19	House	Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2024-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2024-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101312D

HB386 (Carry Over) 2024-02-07 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	253.13:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB386
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB386/text/HB386
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/legacy/1000411.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB386/20251/H0901V0017
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB386/20251/H09V0028