School boards; support services personnel, annual collection of certain staffing data required.
Summary
Board of Education; support services personnel; annual collection of certain staffing data required; report. Requires (i) each school board to, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, annually collect and submit to the Department of Education a report on data on the average salaries of support services personnel, as that term is defined in the bill, employed by the school board and (ii) the Department to, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, annually compile such data, include it in the Annual School Report, and publicly post it on the Department's website. The bill requires each school board and the Department to disaggregate the data by career categories of support services personnel and specialized student support personnel as set forth in applicable law. This bill is identical to HB 1983.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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This bill was formally enacted into law after passing through the legislative process. The substantive policy content of the bill remains unchanged, with no modifications to the requirements for school boards to collect and report data on support services personnel salaries.
TECHNICAL
The document format changed from 'Enrolled' status to 'Chaptered' status, indicating the bill has been officially enacted into law as Chapter 578 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The effective date of March 24, 2025 was added.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2025
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Jan 24, 2025
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 578 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB968ER)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (89-Y 6-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (18-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jennifer Carroll Foy
DDemocratic
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