Teacher, other instructional personnel, etc., exits; data collection, disaggregation by race.
Summary
Teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff position exits; data collection; disaggregation by race; reason for exit. Requires each school board to report to the Department of Education annually the number and type of teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff position exits in the school division, disaggregated by the race of the individual who exited the position. The bill also provides that for each such exit occurring during the reporting year, the reason for the exit, including whether the exit was voluntary or involuntary, shall be collected and reported. This bill is identical to SB 785.
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 22, 2026
Signed Apr 13, 2026
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K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute
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Enrolled
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Feb 25, 2026
MINOR
The bill was finalized into its enrolled version, confirming its passage by the General Assembly. The substantive policy content regarding teacher exit reporting and data disaggregation by race remains unchanged from the previous substitute version.
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Removed internal legislative metadata including the 'House Substitute' status, bill number, committee attribution, and patron name.
Added the 'Enrolled' status, official chapter title, and approval notation to signify the bill is now law.
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 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
30
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 849 (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 (HB1437ER)
lower
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26101630D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lindsey Dougherty
DDemocratic
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