---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standards of Quality; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners."
description: "Standards of Quality; state funding; ratiosof teachers to English language learners. Requires state funding, pursuant to the general appropriation act, to be provided pursuantto Standard 2 of the Standards of Quality to support divisionwideratios of English language learner students in average daily membershipto full-time equivalent teaching positions as follows: (i) for eachEnglish language learner identified as proficiency level one, oneposition per 25 students; (ii) for each English language learneridentified as proficiency level two, one position per 30 students;(iii) for each English language learner identified as proficiencylevel three, one position per 40 students; and (iv) for all other English language learners, one position per 58 students. Currentlaw requires 17 full-time equivalent instructional positions for each1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 910"
citation: "Virginia SB 910 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6766a9cb-fbe2-40d9-a803-6c8adf0da069"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB910"
source_hash: "30afc343d5a6c3169037c28ed7efd0b112a02882cdf4d5309a14b23db5661e89"
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 910 (2020) — Standards of Quality; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners.

Standards of Quality; state funding; ratiosof teachers to English language learners. Requires state funding, pursuant to the general appropriation act, to be provided pursuantto Standard 2 of the Standards of Quality to support divisionwideratios of English language learner students in average daily membershipto full-time equivalent teaching positions as follows: (i) for eachEnglish language learner identified as proficiency level one, oneposition per 25 students; (ii) for each English language learneridentified as proficiency level two, one position per 30 students;(iii) for each English language learner identified as proficiencylevel three, one position per 40 students; and (iv) for all other English language learners, one position per 58 students. Currentlaw requires 17 full-time equivalent instructional positions for each1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1035)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1035)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB910ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB910ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB910H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB910H1)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB910ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB910)
5. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB910ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB910ES1)
6. **SB910S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB910S1)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A) — **11–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N) — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Presented and ordered printed 20102725D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute printed 20105822D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 20105822D-S1
- **2020-02-11** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB910ES1
- **2020-02-11** Printed as engrossed 20105822D-ES1
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB910ES1)
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Education with amendment (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- **2020-02-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Committee substitute printed 20108573D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Committee on Education amendment rejected
- **2020-02-26** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 20108573D-H1
- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB910H1
- **2020-02-26** Passed House with substitute (55-Y 43-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB910H1)
- **2020-02-28** House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N)
- **2020-02-28** Title replaced 20108573D-H1
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB910ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1035 (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/6766a9cb-fbe2-40d9-a803-6c8adf0da069`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).