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Bill	Standards of Quality; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners.	Standards of Quality; state funding; ratiosof teachers to English language learners. Requires state funding, pursuant to the general appropriation act, to be provided pursuantto Standard 2 of the Standards of Quality to support divisionwideratios of English language learner students in average daily membershipto full-time equivalent teaching positions as follows: (i) for eachEnglish language learner identified as proficiency level one, oneposition per 25 students; (ii) for each English language learneridentified as proficiency level two, one position per 30 students;(iii) for each English language learner identified as proficiencylevel three, one position per 40 students; and (iv) for all other English language learners, one position per 58 students. Currentlaw requires 17 full-time equivalent instructional positions for each1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 975	Virginia HB 975 (2020)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth R. Guzman	5	53	13	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/56a7c103-df89-4e07-ad93-6e0dc6c6a565	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB975	02c7356e217d610f12a5ccf4747bfd179799e06ec339d1230cbdd5e092388353	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 975 (2020) — Standards of Quality; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners.

Standards of Quality; state funding; ratiosof teachers to English language learners. Requires state funding, pursuant to the general appropriation act, to be provided pursuantto Standard 2 of the Standards of Quality to support divisionwideratios of English language learner students in average daily membershipto full-time equivalent teaching positions as follows: (i) for eachEnglish language learner identified as proficiency level one, oneposition per 25 students; (ii) for each English language learneridentified as proficiency level two, one position per 30 students;(iii) for each English language learner identified as proficiencylevel three, one position per 40 students; and (iv) for all other English language learners, one position per 58 students. Currentlaw requires 17 full-time equivalent instructional positions for each1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1034) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB975ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB975EH1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB975H1) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (HB975H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N) — 9–5 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N) — 23–16 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — 0–98 (fail) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 2-N) — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 2-N) — 10–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 39-N) — 51–39 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N) — 57–40 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendments (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on amendments (34-Y 6-N) — 34–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104130D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 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 20105767D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-29 Incorporates HB1323 (Kory)
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Education with substitute (18-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
• 2020-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB975H1)
• 2020-02-05 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 2-N)
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 8-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 20105767D-H1
• 2020-02-07 Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB975EH1
• 2020-02-07 Printed as engrossed 20105767D-EH1
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (58-Y 40-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-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 (HB975EH1)
• 2020-02-27 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 2-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 amendments waived
• 2020-03-05 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-03-05 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-03-05 Passed Senate with amendments (24-Y 16-N) passage
• 2020-03-05 Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
• 2020-03-05 Senate insisted on amendments (34-Y 6-N)
• 2020-03-05 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-03-05 House acceded to request
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 39-N)
• 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 39-N)
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB975ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1034 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56a7c103-df89-4e07-ad93-6e0dc6c6a565. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).