republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2147.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standards for Accreditation; review and corrective action."
description: "Aligns the state review process of underperforming schools and school divisions with the new Standards for Accreditation adopted by the Board of Education (Board). The bill requires the Board to establish a review process to assist schools not meeting the standards established by the Board. The Board shall establish a corrective action plan process for any such school within its division, including a requirement that each school board submit a corrective action plan for any school in the local school division that does not meet the established standards. The bill requires a school board of a school division that does not demonstrate progress in developing or implementing such corrective action plan to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Board. The bill also requires the school board of an underperforming school division to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Board prior to developing a corrective action plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2147"
citation: "Virginia HB 2147 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cheryl B. Turpin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da6c0a5b-e7f9-43c5-a604-86dd0551fcdf"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2147"
source_hash: "b0be671781858d4b79a5c53fc6e6544e7ac448284d4658fe334685e3eb3e4493"
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 HB 2147 (2019) — Standards for Accreditation; review and corrective action.

Aligns the state review process of underperforming schools and school divisions with the new Standards for Accreditation adopted by the Board of Education (Board). The bill requires the Board to establish a review process to assist schools not meeting the standards established by the Board. The Board shall establish a corrective action plan process for any such school within its division, including a requirement that each school board submit a corrective action plan for any school in the local school division that does not meet the established standards. The bill requires a school board of a school division that does not demonstrate progress in developing or implementing such corrective action plan to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Board. The bill also requires the school board of an underperforming school division to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Board prior to developing a corrective action plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0585)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0585)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2147)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2147ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2147ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105860D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2147H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102085D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2147)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cheryl B. Turpin — primary (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Debra H. Rodman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102085D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 19105860D-H1
- **2019-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2147H1
- **2019-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 585 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da6c0a5b-e7f9-43c5-a604-86dd0551fcdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).