HB 92 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Public schools; At-Risk Program established, Standards of Quality.

Summary

Equity in public school funding and staffing; special education students; at-risk students; annual report. Establishes in Standard of Quality 2 the At-Risk Program and a state-supported add-on for special education students and requires corresponding formulas for the funding of such initiatives to be established in the general appropriation act. The bill also requires the Department of Education to report annually to the House Committees on Education and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and on Education and Health the total and per pupil annual operating expenditures from local, state, and federal sources in each school division and the change in expenditures from each such source over the immediately preceding two-year, three-year, and five-year timeframes, expressed in both dollar amounts and percentages.

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 2, 2026 Last action Mar 4, 2026

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What changed between versions

Education Substitute → Education and Health Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change the legislative sponsor from the House to the Senate and updated the effective date to February 26, 2026. The core policy content regarding school staffing ratios, technology grants, and special education funding remains unchanged, though the bill title was updated to reflect the Senate's involvement.

Scope change

The bill's scope of policy remains the same, but the procedural scope changed from a House substitute to a Senate substitute.

TIMELINE

The proposed date for the committee was changed from February 11, 2026 to February 26, 2026.

SCOPE

The bill title was updated to reflect that it was proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health instead of the House Committee on Education.

The list of amended statutes was slightly modified to remove § 22.1-97 from the list of sections being amended.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

82–3

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 87

Feb 17, 2026

D Democratic52

51 Yea 1

98% Yea

R Republican35

31 Yea 3 Nay 1

88% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate committee offered

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N 0-A)

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 2-N)

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

House committee offered

lower

Jan 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education

lower

1 primary · 39 co-sponsors