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Bill Community Schools, Office of; established within Department of Education. Public education; community schools; Officeof Community Schools at Department of Education; Community School Development and Implementation Planning Grant; Community SchoolCoordinator Program; state goal. Requires the Department of Educationto establish the Office of Community Schools as an office within the Department for the purpose of supporting the development and growthof community schools throughout the Commonwealth in accordance withthe Virginia Community School Framework and requires the Office to establish and administer (i) the Community School Development and Implementation Planning Grant for the purpose of providing grantsto school boards that seek to designate any school within the localschool division as a community school to assist with the planningand implementation of such designation and (ii) the Community SchoolCoordinator Program for the purpose of providing funding to schoolboards that previously completed a planning grant and now seek toemploy or hire through contracted services with a qualified nonprofitorganization a community school coordinator to oversee any communityschool designated in the local school division. The bill also establishesa state goal of prioritizing funding for such initiatives and grantprograms to enable their expansion to serve the top 33 percent ofpublic elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth for highestidentified student percentage, as defined in the bill, based on datafrom the immediately preceding school year. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 608 Virginia SB 608 (2024)
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Virginia SB 608 (2024) — Community Schools, Office of; established within Department of Education.

Public education; community schools; Officeof Community Schools at Department of Education; Community School Development and Implementation Planning Grant; Community SchoolCoordinator Program; state goal. Requires the Department of Educationto establish the Office of Community Schools as an office within the Department for the purpose of supporting the development and growthof community schools throughout the Commonwealth in accordance withthe Virginia Community School Framework and requires the Office to establish and administer (i) the Community School Development and Implementation Planning Grant for the purpose of providing grantsto school boards that seek to designate any school within the localschool division as a community school to assist with the planningand implementation of such designation and (ii) the Community SchoolCoordinator Program for the purpose of providing funding to schoolboards that previously completed a planning grant and now seek toemploy or hire through contracted services with a qualified nonprofitorganization a community school coordinator to oversee any communityschool designated in the local school division. The bill also establishesa state goal of prioritizing funding for such initiatives and grantprograms to enable their expansion to serve the top 33 percent ofpublic elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth for highestidentified student percentage, as defined in the bill, based on datafrom the immediately preceding school year.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0797 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24107482D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24107853D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Governor's substitute printed 24109324D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB608ER (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB608ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Passage (60-Y 35-N) — 5935 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 139 (pass) · lower
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 37-N) — 6237 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 71 (pass) · lower
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 16-N) — 2116 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
  • Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
  • Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104575D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2024-01-24 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2024-02-01 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-01 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB608)
  • 2024-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24107482D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107482D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB608S1 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: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2024-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-21 Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-21 Committee substitute printed 24107853D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-23 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 24107853D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB608H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-26 Passed House with substitute (60-Y 35-N) passage
  • 2024-02-26 VOTE: Passage (60-Y 35-N) passage
  • 2024-02-28 House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 16-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-28 Title replaced 24107853D-H1
  • 2024-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB608H1)
  • 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB608ER) passage
  • 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB608ER)
  • 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
  • 2024-04-08 Governor's substitute printed 24109324D-S2
  • 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (63-Y 37-N)
  • 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 37-N)
  • 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (SB608ER2) enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 797 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
  • 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0797)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d6a266c-81aa-4baf-bbbf-88b4c663b9bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).