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Bill Early childhood care and education system; need- and demand-based funding. Early childhood care and education system;publicly funded providers; funding; Early Childhood Care and Education Fund established.Requires, for the purpose of addressing family demand and preferences for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education services, state general funds to be provided to support the provision of services to families for early childhood care and education, as specified in the general appropriations act. The bill requires the Department of Education to report each year by November 1 on the projected general funds needed for the upcoming two fiscal years in order to (i) maintain the current number of slots at early childhood care and education programs, (ii) increase the number of slots using a projected growth report, and (iii) increase the number of slots to fully accommodate parent demand and eliminate waitlists. The bill requires such projected general funds to be based on the annual per-child cost, determined as set forth in the bill, for the Virginia Preschool Initiative, the Mixed Delivery Program, and the Child Care Subsidy Program, the current eligibility criteria for such programs, and maximization of certain regularly recurring federal funds. The bill requires each regional entity established by the Board of Education pursuant to applicable law, each local school division, and each locality to annually indicate the number of slots needed, respectively, in the region for the Mixed Delivery Program, the local school division for the Virginia Preschool Initiative, and the locality for the Child Care Subsidy Program. The bill requires the Department of Education to (a) reallocate by July 1 any slots with available funding from the Child Care Subsidy Program and the Mixed Delivery Program, (b) make adjustments based on family preferences following the fall enrollment periods, (c) first expend all current-year state general funds in providing funding for slots, and (c) if waitlists for slots at early childhood care remain, use available funds from the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund established by the bill to address family demand and preferences. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 54 Virginia SB 54 (2024)
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Virginia SB 54 (2024) — Early childhood care and education system; need- and demand-based funding.

Early childhood care and education system;publicly funded providers; funding; Early Childhood Care and Education Fund established.Requires, for the purpose of addressing family demand and preferences for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education services, state general funds to be provided to support the provision of services to families for early childhood care and education, as specified in the general appropriations act. The bill requires the Department of Education to report each year by November 1 on the projected general funds needed for the upcoming two fiscal years in order to (i) maintain the current number of slots at early childhood care and education programs, (ii) increase the number of slots using a projected growth report, and (iii) increase the number of slots to fully accommodate parent demand and eliminate waitlists. The bill requires such projected general funds to be based on the annual per-child cost, determined as set forth in the bill, for the Virginia Preschool Initiative, the Mixed Delivery Program, and the Child Care Subsidy Program, the current eligibility criteria for such programs, and maximization of certain regularly recurring federal funds. The bill requires each regional entity established by the Board of Education pursuant to applicable law, each local school division, and each locality to annually indicate the number of slots needed, respectively, in the region for the Mixed Delivery Program, the local school division for the Virginia Preschool Initiative, and the locality for the Child Care Subsidy Program. The bill requires the Department of Education to (a) reallocate by July 1 any slots with available funding from the Child Care Subsidy Program and the Mixed Delivery Program, (b) make adjustments based on family preferences following the fall enrollment periods, (c) first expend all current-year state general funds in providing funding for slots, and (c) if waitlists for slots at early childhood care remain, use available funds from the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund established by the bill to address family demand and preferences.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0757 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24105109D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24107527D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Committee substitute printed 24107936D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Conference substitute printed 24109104D-S3 (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB54ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Passage (90-Y 9-N) — 89–9 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 3-N) — 92–3 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 5-N) — 16–5 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
  • Aaron R. Rouse — cosponsor (person)
  • Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101513D filing, introduction
  • 2023-12-22 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2024-01-10 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2024-01-18 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-25 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-25 Committee substitute printed 24105109D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-01-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-01-25 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (SB54S1)
  • 2024-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24107527D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-12 Education and Health Committee substitute rejected 24105109D-S1
  • 2024-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-12 Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 24107527D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB54S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-12 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2024-02-15 Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood referral-committee
  • 2024-02-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-26 Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-26 Committee substitute printed 24107936D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB54H1)
  • 2024-02-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-29 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-29 Committee substitute agreed to 24107936D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB54H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-29 Passed House with substitute (90-Y 9-N) passage
  • 2024-02-29 VOTE: Passage (90-Y 9-N) passage
  • 2024-03-04 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
  • 2024-03-05 House insisted on substitute substitution
  • 2024-03-05 House requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2024-03-06 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-06 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2024-03-06 Senators: Locke, Aird, Durant
  • 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2024-03-07 Delegates: Sewell, Gardner, Griffin
  • 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
  • 2024-03-08 Conference substitute printed 24109104D-S3
  • 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 3-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 3-N)
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB54ER) passage
  • 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled
  • 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB54ER)
  • 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 757 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a233e4b5-2f8c-40a3-bb75-fa5fbe429934. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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