---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standards of Quality; standards for accreditation in public schools."
description: "Standards of Quality; standards for accreditation in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1098"
citation: "Virginia SB 1098 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen D. Newman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-06"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7395960-fd46-4ff6-9253-635b84d89f1e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1098"
source_hash: "9854b5d4288de65255958d8775b200af8bdb9deaeba5bc9c739c7510b7acb5bc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1098 (2017) — Standards of Quality; standards for accreditation in public schools.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0328)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1098ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1098ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103075D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1098)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stephen D. Newman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103075D `introduction`
- **2017-01-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 328 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7395960-fd46-4ff6-9253-635b84d89f1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).