republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-376.md

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Bill	Teacher and support staff shortages; data, reporting.	Teachers, other instructional personnel, and support staff; shortages; data; reporting. Requires (i) each school board to report to the Department of Education annually the number and type of teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff vacancies in the school division and (ii) each approved education preparation program to report to the Department of Education annually the number of individuals who completed the program by endorsement area. The bill requires the Department of Education to (a) establish deadlines for and the format of the reporting of such data and (b) aggregate and report such data annually on the Department's website.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 376	Virginia HB 376 (2020)	bill		enacted	Rodney T. Willett	4	36	8	2020-01-02	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/b6995cc2-026a-456e-b5d3-fe9c4f7c40be	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB376	47a30a6244d6381a31df0e26a3c00b08adbc583a04b232cfdc12e866c4867dc2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 376 (2020) — Teacher and support staff shortages; data, reporting.

Teachers, other instructional personnel, and support staff; shortages; data; reporting. Requires (i) each school board to report to the Department of Education annually the number and type of teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff vacancies in the school division and (ii) each approved education preparation program to report to the Department of Education annually the number of individuals who completed the program by endorsement area. The bill requires the Department of Education to (a) establish deadlines for and the format of the reporting of such data and (b) aggregate and report such data annually on the Department's website.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB376ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB376E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB376) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with amendments (17-Y 4-N) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N) — 81–17 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 2-N) — 16–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N) — 32–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100304D introduction
• 2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB376)
• 2020-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Education with amendments (17-Y 4-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 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-03 Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB376E
• 2020-02-06 Printed as engrossed 20100304D-E
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB376E)
• 2020-02-18 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-02 Passed by for the day
• 2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-03 Passed Senate (32-Y 7-N) passage
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB376ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 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
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 674 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6995cc2-026a-456e-b5d3-fe9c4f7c40be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).