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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.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1035) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB910ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB910H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB910ES1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB910ES1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB910S1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 3-N 1-A) — 11–3 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N) — 23–15 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — 54–43 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (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).