---
type: "Bill"
title: "High school graduation; standard diploma requirements, etc."
description: "Public schools; diploma requirements; dual enrollment and work-based learning options. Requires the Board of Education to include in its graduation requirements the options for students to complete a dual enrollment course or high-quality work-based learning experience. This bill is identical to HB 516. "
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 112"
citation: "Virginia SB 112 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-12"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca0deabc-b842-45d4-a4fb-c0fc2e690ccc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB112"
source_hash: "860c39e0453c4a055e5b526a9894016b9b6227bf9e53cddea5d13a71bd964153"
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 112 (2020) — High school graduation; standard diploma requirements, etc.

Public schools; diploma requirements; dual enrollment and work-based learning options. Requires the Board of Education to include in its graduation requirements the options for students to complete a dual enrollment course or high-quality work-based learning experience. This bill is identical to HB 516. 

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0580)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0580)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB112ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB112ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB112)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB112)

## Votes

- House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101058D `introduction`
- **2019-12-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-13** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-14** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB112)
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Education with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-20** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-02-20** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB112ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 580 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca0deabc-b842-45d4-a4fb-c0fc2e690ccc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).