HB 1880 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Public schools; enrollment of certain military children with disabilities; provision of special education services and accommodations.

Summary
Public schools; enrollment of certain military children with disabilities; provision of special education services and accommodations. Provides that whenever a child of a service member who enrolls in a school division in accordance with applicable law is also a child with disabilities, the school board of the school division is required to, upon receipt of documentation from the service member parent or an official letter from the service member's command indicating such service member's relocation to such school division, coordinate with such child's parent and such child's previous school division to facilitate the prompt provision of comparable special education services and accommodations for such child.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 1 edit
MINOR
This bill was formally enacted into law (Chapter 388) and added a new section to the Virginia Code (22.1-3.5) that requires school boards to coordinate with previous school divisions to ensure prompt special education services for military children with disabilities relocating to Virginia. The substantive policy content remains unchanged from the enrolled version, with only formatting and layout adjustments made during the chaptering process.
Scope change
No substantive change to scope or applicability; the bill was enacted as originally passed with only formatting modifications.
TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout adjustments were made during the transition from enrolled bill to chaptered law, including reorganization of title pages, chapter numbering, and text alignment.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 21, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1880ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors

Sponsors