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Bill	School counselors; minimum staffing ratio.	Minimum staffing ratio for school counselors. Requires local school boards to employ school counselors in accordance with the following ratios, effective with the 2020-2021 school year: in elementary schools, one hour per day per 75 students, one full-time equivalent at 375 students, one hour per day additional time per 75 students or major fraction thereof; in middle schools, one period per 65 students, one full-time equivalent at 325 students, one additional period per 65 students or major fraction thereof; and in high schools, one period per 60 students, one full-time equivalent at 300 students, one additional period per 60 students or major fraction thereof. The bill also requires local school boards to employ one full-time equivalent school counselor position per 325 students in grades kindergarten through 12, effective with the 2021-2022 school year. This bill incorporates HB 398.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1508	Virginia HB 1508 (2020)	bill		enacted	Delores L. McQuinn	5	44	10	2020-01-08	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/e03f479d-dde9-464f-96fe-12612b321c72	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1508	44b42d6830b49ae9d850a56cd48b3b8e0bda66880c1e0bff6f251754ddb46d83	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1508 (2020) — School counselors; minimum staffing ratio.

Minimum staffing ratio for school counselors. Requires local school boards to employ school counselors in accordance with the following ratios, effective with the 2020-2021 school year: in elementary schools, one hour per day per 75 students, one full-time equivalent at 375 students, one hour per day additional time per 75 students or major fraction thereof; in middle schools, one period per 65 students, one full-time equivalent at 325 students, one additional period per 65 students or major fraction thereof; and in high schools, one period per 60 students, one full-time equivalent at 300 students, one additional period per 60 students or major fraction thereof. The bill also requires local school boards to employ one full-time equivalent school counselor position per 325 students in grades kindergarten through 12, effective with the 2021-2022 school year. This bill incorporates HB 398.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0953) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1508ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1508EH1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1508) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (HB1508H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N) — 82–16 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment (18-Y 3-N) — 18–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee amendment reconsidered (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
• Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Presented and ordered printed 20102840D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1508)
• 2020-01-15 Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20106811D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-29 Incorporates HB398 (Keam)
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1508H1)
• 2020-02-05 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Appropriations with amendment (18-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Committee on Education substitute agreed to 20106811D-H1
• 2020-02-07 Committee on Appropriations amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1508EH1
• 2020-02-07 Printed as engrossed 20106811D-EH1
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N)
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1508EH1)
• 2020-02-27 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (13-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-03-05 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-03-05 Passed by temporarily
• 2020-03-05 Committee amendment reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Committee amendment rejected
• 2020-03-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 2020-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1508ER)
• 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Signed by President
• 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
• 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 953 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e03f479d-dde9-464f-96fe-12612b321c72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).