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]

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.

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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]

History

DateChamberAction
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
2024-03-11SenateEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
2024-03-07SenateSigned by President
2024-03-06HouseSigned by Speaker
2024-03-06SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB220ER)
2024-03-06SenateEnrolled
2024-03-01SenateTitle replaced 24108413D-H2
2024-03-01SenateHouse substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-28HouseVOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2024-02-28HousePassed House with substitute (100-Y 0-N)
2024-02-28HouseEngrossed by House - floor substitute SB220H2
2024-02-28HouseSubstitute by Delegate Coyner agreed to 24108413D-H2
2024-02-28HouseCommittee substitute rejected 24107845D-H1
2024-02-28HouseRead third time
2024-02-28HouseFloor substitute printed 24108413D-H2 (Coyner)
2024-02-27HousePassed by for the day
2024-02-26HousePassed by for the day
2024-02-23HouseRead second time
2024-02-21HouseCommittee substitute printed 24107845D-H1
2024-02-21HouseReported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2024-02-20HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2024-02-15HouseAssigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2024-02-15HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2024-02-15HouseRead first time
2024-02-15HousePlaced on Calendar
2024-02-13SenatePassed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-13SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2024-02-13SenateEngrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB220S2
2024-02-13SenateCommittee substitute agreed to 24107610D-S2
2024-02-13SenateReading of substitute waived
2024-02-13SenateCommittee substitute rejected 24106394D-S1
2024-02-13SenateRead second time
2024-02-12SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-12SenateCommittee substitute printed 24107610D-S2
2024-02-12SenateReported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2024-02-08SenateRereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2024-02-08SenateCommittee substitute printed 24106394D-S1
2024-02-08SenateReported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2024-01-24SenateAssigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
2024-01-08SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2024-01-08SenatePrefiled 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


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
221213(n/a)See Bill Text
221214.4(n/a)See Bill Text
221214.5(n/a)See Bill Text
221253.13:2(n/a)See Bill Text
221253.13:4(n/a)See Bill Text
221253.13:5(n/a)See Bill Text
221289(n/a)See Bill Text
231902.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB220
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB220+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB220S1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB220S2+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB220H1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB220H2+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB220ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0502+hil
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106394D.pdf
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/24107845D.pdf
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB220FS2122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB220FH1122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB220FH2122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB220FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S04V0115+SB0220
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S05V0303+SB0220
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0384SB0220+SB0220
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0419SB0220+SB0220
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0420SB0220+SB0220
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0901V0109+SB0220
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H09V0193+SB0220
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV1260+SB0220
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0837SB0220+SB0220

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