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type: "Bill"
title: "Students w/disabilities; Dept./Bd. of Education to update its special education & related services."
description: "Department of Education and Board of Education;special education and related services for students with disabilities.Requires the Department of Education to update its special educationeligibility worksheets as necessary, including clarifying any ambiguityor vagueness in eligibility criteria, and provide to each local schooldivision the appropriate level of guidance on eligibility determinationsfor special education and related services. The bill requires theBoard of Education to amend its regulations to ensure that each educationpreparation program graduate in a K-12 general education endorsementarea demonstrates proficiency in understanding the role of generaleducation teachers on the individualized education program (IEP)team."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2316"
citation: "Virginia HB 2316 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Candi Mundon King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2052bc00-b01e-4043-ada3-ef8fd1419f2b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2316"
source_hash: "3f53a762a9180fbd4ea222efe5b33ee636580e51f86d6f816fa1be7ce93976ee"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2316 (2021) — Students w/disabilities; Dept./Bd. of Education to update its special education & related services.
Department of Education and Board of Education;special education and related services for students with disabilities.Requires the Department of Education to update its special educationeligibility worksheets as necessary, including clarifying any ambiguityor vagueness in eligibility criteria, and provide to each local schooldivision the appropriate level of guidance on eligibility determinationsfor special education and related services. The bill requires theBoard of Education to amend its regulations to ensure that each educationpreparation program graduate in a K-12 general education endorsementarea demonstrates proficiency in understanding the role of generaleducation teachers on the individualized education program (IEP)team.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0173)
2. **HB2316ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2316ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 21103331D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2316)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Candi Mundon King — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 21103331D `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB2316)
- **2021-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-03** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2021-02-18** Reported from Education and Health (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** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2316ER)
- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 173 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2052bc00-b01e-4043-ada3-ef8fd1419f2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).