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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 SB 910 Virginia SB 910 (2020)
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Virginia SB 910 (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 (CHAP1035) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB910ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB910H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB910ES1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB910ES1 (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB910S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 53 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 139 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — 2317 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A) — 113 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 160 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N) — 2315 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with amendment (14-Y 8-N) — 148 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — 5443 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-08 Presented and ordered printed 20102725D introduction
  • 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2020-01-27 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2020-02-06 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-06 Committee substitute printed 20105822D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-02-06 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 20105822D-S1
  • 2020-02-11 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2020-02-11 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB910ES1
  • 2020-02-11 Printed as engrossed 20105822D-ES1
  • 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) passage
  • 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2020-02-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB910ES1)
  • 2020-02-17 Reported from Education with amendment (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-17 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-17 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
  • 2020-02-19 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
  • 2020-02-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-02-21 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-21 Committee substitute printed 20108573D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-26 Committee on Education amendment rejected
  • 2020-02-26 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 20108573D-H1
  • 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB910H1
  • 2020-02-26 Passed House with substitute (55-Y 43-N) passage
  • 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
  • 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB910H1)
  • 2020-02-28 House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N)
  • 2020-02-28 Title replaced 20108573D-H1
  • 2020-03-05 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB910ER)
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-07 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
  • 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1035 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6766a9cb-fbe2-40d9-a803-6c8adf0da069. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).