VA SB220 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 4 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0502)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 4 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0502)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Special education and related services. Makes several changes relating to special education and related services for children with disabilities in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth, including requiring (i) the Department of Education to (a) develop, establish, review and update as necessary at least once every five years, and make available to each local school board an IEP writing, facilitation, tracking, and transfer system to be referred to as the Virginia IEP that includes, at a minimum, an IEP template component and a data system component and (b) develop and publish a data dashboard for the annual public reporting of state-level, division-level, and school-level special education data; (ii) each local school board to designate a faculty member to serve as a special education parent/family liaison to be a resource to parents and families to understand and engage in the referral, evaluation, reevaluation, and eligibility process if they suspect that their child has a disability and in the IEP process; and (iii) the Parent Training and Information Center in the Commonwealth designated pursuant to relevant federal law to establish special education family support centers in eight distinct regions of the Commonwealth that shall each be staffed by a regional special education family liaison employed by such center, coordinate with the designated special education parent/family liaisons in the local school divisions in the region, develop and implement outreach and support to parents of children with disabilities in its region, and track and report to the State Parent Ombudsman for Special Education data on questions and concerns raised by parents.
Title
Special education and related services; definitions, utilization of Virginia IEP.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-01 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-04 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0502) | |
| 2024-04-04 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 502 (effective - see bill) | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB220ER) |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Title replaced 24108413D-H2 |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Passed House with substitute (100-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB220H2 |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Substitute by Delegate Coyner agreed to 24108413D-H2 |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Committee substitute rejected 24107845D-H1 |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Read third time |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Floor substitute printed 24108413D-H2 (Coyner) |
| 2024-02-27 | House | Passed by for the day |
| 2024-02-26 | House | Passed by for the day |
| 2024-02-23 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Committee substitute printed 24107845D-H1 |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-15 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2024-02-13 | Senate | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-13 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-13 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB220S2 |
| 2024-02-13 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 24107610D-S2 |
| 2024-02-13 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2024-02-13 | Senate | Committee substitute rejected 24106394D-S1 |
| 2024-02-13 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2024-02-12 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-12 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24107610D-S2 |
| 2024-02-12 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24106394D-S1 |
| 2024-02-08 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-24 | Senate | Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2024-01-08 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104579D |
Same As/Similar To
HB1089 (Similar To) 2024-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468)
Subjects
Education
Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions
Special Education
Study Commissions Committees and Reports
Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions
Special Education
Study Commissions Committees and Reports
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | 213 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 214.4 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 214.5 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 253.13:2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 253.13:4 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 253.13:5 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 289 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 1 | 902.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
