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Bill Special education; Department of and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures. Department of Education; special education. Requires the Department of Education and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures and effect numerous modifications to existing policies and procedures to improve the administration and oversight of special education in the Commonwealth. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 SB 1288 Virginia SB 1288 (2021)
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Virginia SB 1288 (2021) — Special education; Department of and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures.

Department of Education; special education. Requires the Department of Education and the Board of Education to develop new policies and procedures and effect numerous modifications to existing policies and procedures to improve the administration and oversight of special education in the Commonwealth.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. CHAP0452 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 21103716D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 21200161D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Conference substitute printed 21200789D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Printed as engrossed 21103716D-ES1 (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB1288ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Agreed To (96-Y 0-N) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — 350 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 38-N) — 138 (fail) · upper
  • Continued to Special Session 1 in Education — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101787D introduction
  • 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2021-01-20 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2021-01-21 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-28 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-28 Committee substitute printed 21103716D-S1 substitution
  • 2021-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-01 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 21103716D-S1
  • 2021-02-01 Passed by for the day
  • 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1288S1
  • 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-02 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-03 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB1288S1)
  • 2021-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-03 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-03 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2021-02-03 Amendments by Senator Dunnavant agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2021-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB1288ES1
  • 2021-02-03 Printed as engrossed 21103716D-ES1
  • 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-03 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-05 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2021-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB1288ES1)
  • 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Education
  • 2021-02-15 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-15 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 2021-02-17 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-17 Committee substitute printed 21200161D-H1 substitution
  • 2021-02-17 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-02-17 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
  • 2021-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-17 Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1288H1)
  • 2021-02-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-22 Committee substitute agreed to 21200161D-H1
  • 2021-02-22 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1288H1
  • 2021-02-22 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-22 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-23 House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 38-N)
  • 2021-02-24 House insisted on substitute
  • 2021-02-24 House requested conference committee
  • 2021-02-25 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-25 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2021-02-25 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2021-02-27 Amended by conference committee
  • 2021-02-27 Conference substitute printed 21200789D-S2
  • 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 (SB1288ER)
  • 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 452 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4eba8bf5-1c12-4ce2-afeb-4420c8ebcdab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).