SB 692 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance, funding, duties, report.

Summary
Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance; funding; duties. Makes several changes relating to the Western Virginia Public Education Consortium (the Consortium), including (i) requiring the chair of the board of the Consortium to submit an annual executive summary only in each biennium in which the Consortium receives funding from the General Assembly, (ii) adjusting the membership of the governing board of the Consortium to (a) accurately reflect school division consolidation that occurred after the Consortium's initial establishment and (b) include each member of the House of Delegates who represents a House District that is partially or wholly located in Western Virginia and each member of the Senate of Virginia who represents a Senatorial District that is partially or wholly located in Western Virginia, and (iii) removing the requirement for the governing board of the Consortium to develop and maintain linkages with schools and school divisions in Northern Virginia to promote enhanced usage of educational technology. This bill is identical to HB 584.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Signed Apr 8, 2026
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What changed between versions

Appropriations Substitute Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was finalized and chaptered, converting it from a House substitute draft into an official act of the Virginia General Assembly. The text was cleaned up to remove draft markers and formatting errors, while also expanding the list of legislative members on the governing board to include any representative of a district partially or wholly located in the region, rather than a fixed list of specific districts.
Scope change
The scope of the governing board was expanded to automatically include any state legislator representing a district that is partially or wholly within the Western Virginia region, in addition to the previously listed specific districts.
ELIGIBILITY

The list of House and Senate members eligible to serve on the governing board was expanded from a specific list of districts to include any legislator representing a district that is partially or wholly located in the Western Virginia region.

TECHNICAL

The text was updated from a draft 'House Substitute' version to an official 'Chaptered' Act, removing internal markup, draft numbers, and formatting inconsistencies.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for the board chairman to submit an annual executive summary was clarified to specify that this occurs in bienniums where the consortium receives funding from the General Assembly.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 26, 2026

How they voted

380
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Feb 6, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
18 Yea 1
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
51
Key actions
16
Committee
12
Apr 8, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 405 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB692ER)
upper
Mar 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Conference Report released
legislature
Mar 3, 2026
Committee
House requested conference committee
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Feb 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee offered
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of David Suetterlein
David Suetterlein
RRepublican
VA
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