Virginia House Bill 535 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-05 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Division of Early Childhood Care and Education; Department of Education; comprehensive review of certain findings and recommendations relating to the quality of early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth; report. Requires the Division of Early Childhood Care and Education of the Department of Education, in consultation with the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and such other stakeholders as it deems appropriate, to (i) conduct a comprehensive review of the findings and recommendations contained in the 2017 report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, Improving Virginia's Early Childhood Development Programs, to determine what barriers, gaps, and deficiencies continue to exist in the provision of high-quality early childhood education and care in the Commonwealth, with a particular focus on gaps and deficiencies in the ongoing monitoring of Virginia Preschool Initiative program quality, including the collection and analysis of data relating to outcomes and kindergarten readiness, and (ii) report its findings and any associated policy recommendations to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2024.

Early childhood care and education; comprehensive review of certain findings and recommendations.

Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]
Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-05	House	Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote
2024-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-01-19	House	Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood
2024-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2024-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101851D

HB535 (Carry Over) 2024-02-05 - Continued to 2025 in Education by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+HB535
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+HB535+hil