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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public schools; increases kindergarten instructional time."
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description: "Public schools; kindergarten instructional time. Increases from 540 hours to 990 hours the minimum instructional hoursin a school year for students in kindergarten, beginning July 1,2022. The bill directs the Board of Education to adopt regulationsby July 1, 2022, establishing standards for accreditation that includea requirement that the standard school day for students in kindergartenaverage at least 5.5 instructional hours in order to qualify forfull accreditation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 238"
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citation: "Virginia SB 238 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-02"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e22111a-0802-461d-9ec6-3c8f8517e7c2"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB238"
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source_hash: "5708915c66d49a12cbde9ca4926c4c4bb2294dea751f1731b6d56f37dfd8ea1d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 238 (2020) — Public schools; increases kindergarten instructional time.
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Public schools; kindergarten instructional time. Increases from 540 hours to 990 hours the minimum instructional hoursin a school year for students in kindergarten, beginning July 1,2022. The bill directs the Board of Education to adopt regulationsby July 1, 2022, establishing standards for accreditation that includea requirement that the standard school day for students in kindergartenaverage at least 5.5 instructional hours in order to qualify forfull accreditation.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0582)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0582)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB238ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB238ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB238)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB238)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 2-N 1-A) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) — **32–6** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 6-N) — **93–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- George L. Barker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103301D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-09** Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB238)
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- **2020-01-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-13** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-14** Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Reported from Education (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-27** Passed House (94-Y 6-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-27** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 6-N)
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- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB238ER)
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 582 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e22111a-0802-461d-9ec6-3c8f8517e7c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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