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| Bill | Private preschool programs; licensure exemptions. | Modifies the licensure exemption requirements for certified preschool programs operated by a private school that is accredited by an organization recognized by the Board of Education. The bill allows children below the age of eligibility for kindergarten to attend the preschool program for more than five hours per day if the preschool maintains an enrollment ratio of five children age five or above to one four-year-old child, and no child in attendance is under age four. This bill is identical to | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2018 | SB 702 | Virginia SB 702 (2018) |
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Virginia SB 702 (2018) — Private preschool programs; licensure exemptions.
Modifies the licensure exemption requirements for certified preschool programs operated by a private school that is accredited by an organization recognized by the Board of Education. The bill allows children below the age of eligibility for kindergarten to attend the preschool program for more than five hours per day if the preschool maintains an enrollment ratio of five children age five or above to one four-year-old child, and no child in attendance is under age four. This bill is identical to
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB702ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101755D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- Amanda F. Chase — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101755D
introduction - 2018-01-10 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
referral-committee - 2018-01-23 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2018-01-29 Placed on Calendar
- 2018-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2018-01-29 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2018-02-19 Read second time
reading-2 - 2018-02-20 Read third time
reading-3 - 2018-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2018-02-22 Enrolled
- 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
- 2018-02-23 Signed by President
- 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 107 (effective 7/1/18)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5cb8425-aab2-4f34-a12b-344dfbb359cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).