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| Bill | Special education; Department of and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures. | Department of Education; duties; special education.Requires the Department of Education to (i) provide trainingand guidance documents to local school divisions on the developmentof Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for children with disabilities,(ii) develop a training module for each individual who participatesin an IEP meeting, with the exception of parents, (iii) annuallyconduct structured reviews of a sample of IEPs from a sufficientlylarge sample of local school divisions to verify that the IEPs arein compliance with state and federal laws and regulations and areof high quality, (iv) develop and maintain a statewide plan for improving(a) its ongoing oversight of local practices related to transitionplanning and services for children with disabilities and (b) technicalassistance and guidance provided for postsecondary transition planningand services for children with disabilities, (v) develop and maintaina statewide strategic plan for recruiting and retaining special educationteachers, and (vi) (a) conduct a one-time targeted review of thetransition sections of a random sample of students' IEPs in each schooldivision; (b) communicate its findings to each local school division, school board, and local special education advisory committee; and(c) ensure that local school divisions correct any IEPs that arefound to be out of compliance no later than the end of the 2021-22school year. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2299 | Virginia HB 2299 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2299 (2021) — Special education; Department of and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures.
Department of Education; duties; special education.Requires the Department of Education to (i) provide trainingand guidance documents to local school divisions on the developmentof Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for children with disabilities,(ii) develop a training module for each individual who participatesin an IEP meeting, with the exception of parents, (iii) annuallyconduct structured reviews of a sample of IEPs from a sufficientlylarge sample of local school divisions to verify that the IEPs arein compliance with state and federal laws and regulations and areof high quality, (iv) develop and maintain a statewide plan for improving(a) its ongoing oversight of local practices related to transitionplanning and services for children with disabilities and (b) technicalassistance and guidance provided for postsecondary transition planningand services for children with disabilities, (v) develop and maintaina statewide strategic plan for recruiting and retaining special educationteachers, and (vi) (a) conduct a one-time targeted review of thetransition sections of a random sample of students' IEPs in each schooldivision; (b) communicate its findings to each local school division, school board, and local special education advisory committee; and(c) ensure that local school divisions correct any IEPs that arefound to be out of compliance no later than the end of the 2021-22school year.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0451 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21200047D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2299ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB2299H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2299H2 (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 21102478D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Conference report rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — 0–38 (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate requested second conference committee (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N) — 1–95 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — 0–98 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 21102478D
introduction - 2021-01-18 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2021-01-21 Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
referral-committee - 2021-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-27 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-27 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-01-27 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
referral-committee - 2021-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB2299)
- 2021-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-29 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-02 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended HB2299E
- 2021-02-02 Printed as engrossed 21102478D-E
- 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2021-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2021-02-03 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2021-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB2299E)
- 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2021-02-11 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-18 Committee substitute printed 21200047D-S1
substitution - 2021-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB2299S1)
- 2021-02-18 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Reading of substitute waived
- 2021-02-22 Committee substitute agreed to 21200047D-S1
- 2021-02-22 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2299S1
- 2021-02-22 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-23 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-23 Senate substitute rejected by House 21200047D-S1 (1-Y 96-N)
- 2021-02-23 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 96-N)
- 2021-02-24 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-24 Senate requested conference committee
- 2021-02-25 House acceded to request
- 2021-02-25 Conferees appointed by House
- 2021-02-25 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2021-02-27 Amended by conference committee
- 2021-02-27 Conference substitute printed 21200670D-H1
- 2021-02-27 Conference report rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
- 2021-02-27 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 2021-02-27 Conference report rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
- 2021-02-27 Senate requested second conference committee (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-27 House acceded to request for second conference committee
- 2021-02-27 Second conferees appointed by Senate
- 2021-02-27 Second conferees appointed by House
- 2021-02-27 Second Conference substitute printed 21200784D-H2
- 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (96-Y 0-N)
- 2021-03-09 Enrolled
- 2021-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB2299ER)
- 2021-03-09 Signed by President
- 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 451 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/325a0397-3747-4d55-b9e9-f3bdff0af254. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).