School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution.
Summary
School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution. Requires the grievance procedure for certain school board employees to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees before dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions. Current law requires such procedure to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees regarding dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions, but is silent on the timing of such dispute resolution. This bill is identical to SB 824.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 2, 2026
Signed Apr 6, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law, changing its status from a proposed draft to an official chapter of the Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive text of the statute regarding school board employee grievance procedures and other duties remains unchanged, though the formatting was adjusted to meet official publication standards.
TECHNICAL
The document status was updated from 'Enrolled' to 'Chaptered' with an approval date of April 6, 2026, and the text was reformatted with consistent indentation and line breaks for official publication.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2026 · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 20, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 67 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB116ER)
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 2, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeion Ward
DDemocratic
Co
Debra Gardner
DDemocratic
Co
Karen Keys-Gamarra
DDemocratic
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