Virginia House Bill 2196

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-23 - Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Public schools; student discipline; Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established. Establishes the Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program (the Program), to be administered by the Department of Education (the Department), for the purpose of addressing school discipline issues and promoting evidence-based restorative practices, as that term is defined in the bill, in public schools in the Commonwealth by awarding grants to an eligible school in each superintendent's region in the Commonwealth to be used in developing and implementing a comprehensive plan to integrate evidence-based restorative practices in such schools in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill directs the Department to (i) develop the application process by which a school board may apply on behalf of an eligible school, as defined in the bill, in the applicable school division to receive funds pursuant to the Program; (ii) establish criteria for the selection and award of grants pursuant to the Program; and (iii) develop a process for evaluating the progress and performance of each eligible school selected to receive a grant pursuant to the Program in implementing such evidence-based restorative practices and satisfying the Program requirements set forth in the bill. The bill requires any eligible school selected to receive funds pursuant to the Program, in collaboration with the applicable school board, to (a) establish a learning collaborative for the purpose of developing a comprehensive plan for implementing evidence-based restorative practices in such school in accordance with the provisions of the bill and (b) submit to the Department by July 1 of each year immediately following any year for which such eligible school receives a grant a report on the school's progress in implementing such evidence-based restorative practices for the preceding school year.

Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established, report.

Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Rae Cousins [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]
Del. Rozia Henson [D]	Del. Michael Jones [D]	Del. Marty Martinez [D]	Del. Candi Mundon King [D]
Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-23	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)
2025-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2025-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104246D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2196
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2196/text/HB2196
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027084.PDF