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type: "Bill"
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title: "School Divisions of Innovation; definition, regulatory provisions."
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description: "Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations for the designation of School Divisions of Innovation in which the local school board in the local school division or any school therein so designated shall, pursuant to a plan of innovation, be exempted from certain regulatory provisions and be permitted to adopt alternative policies for school administrators, teachers, and staff to meet the diverse needs of students and to improve student learning; educational performance; and college, career, and citizenship readiness skills in the local school division or any school therein."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1981"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1981 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thomas A. \"Tag\" Greason"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1fbc038-3e13-488c-ab09-69f2be06d689"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1981"
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source_hash: "ff9e21ee671bfd577673ee2222cefe748846f862b2af5671573810d7346f9c9e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1981 (2017) — School Divisions of Innovation; definition, regulatory provisions.
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Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations for the designation of School Divisions of Innovation in which the local school board in the local school division or any school therein so designated shall, pursuant to a plan of innovation, be exempted from certain regulatory provisions and be permitted to adopt alternative policies for school administrators, teachers, and staff to meet the diverse needs of students and to improve student learning; educational performance; and college, career, and citizenship readiness skills in the local school division or any school therein.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0760)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0760)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1981ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1981ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101317D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1981)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101317D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1981E)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — primary (person)
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
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- James M. LeMunyon — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101317D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Education Innovation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1981E
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- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17101317D-E
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 760 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1fbc038-3e13-488c-ab09-69f2be06d689`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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