HB 1367 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

English language learner students; expenditures, annual data collection, report.

Summary

Department of Education; English language learner students; expenditures; data collection; report. Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with each school board, to annually collect, maintain, post publicly and conspicuously on its website, and report no later than November 1 to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the General Assembly data on expenditures for the education of English language learner students in each local school division. The bill requires such data to be disaggregated by school level, grade level, and student English proficiency level.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Last action Mar 3, 2026

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What changed between versions

Education and Health Substitute → Engrossed · 3 edits · Feb 13, 2026

MINOR

The bill was amended to require the Department of Education to disaggregate expenditure data by school level, grade level, and student English proficiency, providing more granular insights into funding distribution. Additionally, the amendment added a provision requiring the annual report to include specific recommendations for increasing funding if necessary to ensure the actual cost of educating English language learners is accurately reflected in state funding formulas.

Scope change

The scope of data collection and reporting requirements was expanded to include more detailed breakdowns of student demographics and school types, and the reporting now includes a mandatory funding recommendation component.

REQUIREMENT

The Department must now disaggregate expenditure data by school level, grade level, and student English proficiency level.

The annual report must include recommendations for increasing funding if the current formula does not accurately reflect the actual cost of educating English language learner students.

The original requirement to disaggregate data only by school type (elementary vs. secondary) was expanded to include grade and proficiency levels.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2026

How they voted

53–30

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 88

Feb 13, 2026

D Democratic53

49 Yea 4

92% Yea

R Republican35

4 Yea 30 Nay 1

85% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N 1-A)

upper

Feb 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate committee offered

upper

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Public Education

upper

Feb 16, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Feb 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (64-Y 31-N 0-A)

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Introduced

Engrossed by House as amended

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

committee amendment agreed to

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (15-Y 6-N)

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

House subcommittee offered

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Committee

Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 4-N)

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 26104466D

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors