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| Bill | Public education; student literacy measures. | Public education; student literacy measures. Clarifies several provisions of the Virginia Literacy Act (the Act), enacted during the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly and effective with the 2024-2025 school year, including (i) clarifying that the term "evidence-based literacy instruction" does not include practices that instruct students to gain meaning from print through the use of (a) three-cueing, which includes semantic, syntactic, and graphophonic cues; (b) meaning, structure, and visual cues; or (c) visual memory for word recognition; (ii) removing the option to use a literacy screener approved by the Department of Education for certain purposes enumerated in the Act; (iii) requiring the Department to develop a list of core literacy curricula for students in kindergarten through grade five and supplemental instruction practices and programs and intervention programs for students in kindergarten through grade eight that consist of evidence-based literacy instruction aligned with science-based reading research; and (iv) requiring each divisionwide literacy plan to address how the local school board will align (a) core reading and literacy curriculum for students in kindergarten through grade five and (b) screening, supplemental instruction, and interventions for students in kindergarten through grade eight with evidence-based literacy instruction practices aligned with science-based reading research. This bill is identical to SB 624. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 647 | Virginia HB 647 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 647 (2024) — Public education; student literacy measures.
Public education; student literacy measures. Clarifies several provisions of the Virginia Literacy Act (the Act), enacted during the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly and effective with the 2024-2025 school year, including (i) clarifying that the term "evidence-based literacy instruction" does not include practices that instruct students to gain meaning from print through the use of (a) three-cueing, which includes semantic, syntactic, and graphophonic cues; (b) meaning, structure, and visual cues; or (c) visual memory for word recognition; (ii) removing the option to use a literacy screener approved by the Department of Education for certain purposes enumerated in the Act; (iii) requiring the Department to develop a list of core literacy curricula for students in kindergarten through grade five and supplemental instruction practices and programs and intervention programs for students in kindergarten through grade eight that consist of evidence-based literacy instruction aligned with science-based reading research; and (iv) requiring each divisionwide literacy plan to address how the local school board will align (a) core reading and literacy curriculum for students in kindergarten through grade five and (b) screening, supplemental instruction, and interventions for students in kindergarten through grade eight with evidence-based literacy instruction practices aligned with science-based reading research. This bill is identical to SB 624.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0044 (committee substitute) — source
- HB647ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100696D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100696D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2024-01-19 Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2024-01-24 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-01-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-01-29 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2024-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-01-30 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-01-31 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB647)
- 2024-02-15 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-22 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-02-22 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB647ER)
passage - 2024-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB647ER)
- 2024-02-22 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-02-25 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 44 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0044)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1181964f-9c80-4717-b129-18c8fb445693. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).