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type: "Bill"
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title: "Licensed private schools for students with disabilities; accreditation."
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description: "Licensed private schools for students with disabilities; accreditation. Directs the Board of Education to require, pursuantto regulation, any private school for students with disabilitiesthat is licensed by the Board, as a condition for renewal of itsinitial license to operate, to obtain accreditation from an accreditingagency recognized by the Virginia Council for Private Education withinthree years of the issuance of its initial triennial license by theBoard. The bill provides that, notwithstanding the foregoing requirement,any private school for students with disabilities that is licensedto operate by the Board as of July 1, 2021, shall obtain accreditationfrom an accrediting agency recognized by the Virginia Council forPrivate Education no later than July 1, 2024."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2238"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2238 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kaye Kory"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-13"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8e26a98-2661-485f-95b8-e244fe54a124"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2238"
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source_hash: "d57f65ea07f0f796f484b31d971fa0ca3b9374f168c02bd59f8e77f558f4fb39"
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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 HB 2238 (2021) — Licensed private schools for students with disabilities; accreditation.
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Licensed private schools for students with disabilities; accreditation. Directs the Board of Education to require, pursuantto regulation, any private school for students with disabilitiesthat is licensed by the Board, as a condition for renewal of itsinitial license to operate, to obtain accreditation from an accreditingagency recognized by the Virginia Council for Private Education withinthree years of the issuance of its initial triennial license by theBoard. The bill provides that, notwithstanding the foregoing requirement,any private school for students with disabilities that is licensedto operate by the Board as of July 1, 2021, shall obtain accreditationfrom an accrediting agency recognized by the Virginia Council forPrivate Education no later than July 1, 2024.
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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. **CHAP0172** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0172)
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2. **HB2238ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2238ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101979D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2238)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (92-Y 7-N) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kaye Kory — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101979D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2238)
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- **2021-01-21** Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-27** Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-01** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-01** VOTE: Passage (92-Y 7-N)
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- **2021-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2238ER)
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 172 (effective 7/1/21) `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/f8e26a98-2661-485f-95b8-e244fe54a124`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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