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type: "Bill"
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title: "Children's Services Act; funds expended special education programs."
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description: "Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires that funds expended for private special education services under the Children's Services Act only be expended on educational programs that are licensed by the Board of Education or an equivalent out-of-state licensing agency. The bill also provides that as of July 1, 2022, such funds may only be expended for programs that the Office of Children's Services certify as having reported their tuition rates.The bill adds children and youth previously placed in approved private school educational programs for at least six months who will receive transitional services in a public school setting to the target population for eligibility for the state pool of funds. The bill provides that state funds shall be allocated for no longer than 12 months for transitional services.The bill requires the Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Resources, in conjunction with the Office of Children's Services and the Department of Education, to establish a work group (the Work Group) with appropriate stakeholders to develop a detailed plan to direct the transfer of Children's Services Act funds currently reserved for children requiring an educational placement in a private special education day school or residential facility to the Department of Education, as well as several other topics. The bill requires that the Work Group submit its plan and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2021, as well as a final plan and recommendations by November 1, 2022."
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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: "SB 1313"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1313 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2204278c-08fc-478f-8acd-73be3d50eec2"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1313"
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source_hash: "f0a3fa42f9c604145f64366654617362ee6850fe8082ecd71c3ebd1f29876e86"
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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 SB 1313 (2021) — Children's Services Act; funds expended special education programs.
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Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires that funds expended for private special education services under the Children's Services Act only be expended on educational programs that are licensed by the Board of Education or an equivalent out-of-state licensing agency. The bill also provides that as of July 1, 2022, such funds may only be expended for programs that the Office of Children's Services certify as having reported their tuition rates.The bill adds children and youth previously placed in approved private school educational programs for at least six months who will receive transitional services in a public school setting to the target population for eligibility for the state pool of funds. The bill provides that state funds shall be allocated for no longer than 12 months for transitional services.The bill requires the Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Resources, in conjunction with the Office of Children's Services and the Department of Education, to establish a work group (the Work Group) with appropriate stakeholders to develop a detailed plan to direct the transfer of Children's Services Act funds currently reserved for children requiring an educational placement in a private special education day school or residential facility to the Department of Education, as well as several other topics. The bill requires that the Work Group submit its plan and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by November 1, 2021, as well as a final plan and recommendations by November 1, 2022.
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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. **CHAP0071** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0071)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21103505D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1313S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 21104193D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1313S2)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102548D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1313)
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5. **SB1313ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1313ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Education — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102548D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-14** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-21** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-21** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-21** Incorporates SB1099 (Stuart)
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- **2021-01-21** Incorporates SB1114 (Peake)
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- **2021-01-21** Committee substitute printed 21103505D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2021-01-21** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-21** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1313S1)
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- **2021-02-01** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-03** Committee substitute printed 21104193D-S2 `substitution`
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- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2021-02-04** Committee substitute rejected 21103505D-S1
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- **2021-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2021-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 21104193D-S2
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- **2021-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1313S2
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- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB1313S2)
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- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Education
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- **2021-02-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-17** Reported from Education (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed House (97-Y 2-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-22** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N)
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- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1313ER)
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- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-25** 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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- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 71 (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/2204278c-08fc-478f-8acd-73be3d50eec2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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