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Bill Public schools; definitions, textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials. Public schools; textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials. Makes several changes relating to the textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials that are utilized as the curriculum basis for public elementary and secondary school student instruction, including (i) requiring each local school board to adopt and implement textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials in English language arts for grades six through 12 and mathematics, science, and history and social studies for grades kindergarten through 12 and requiring the Department of Education to support such local adoption and implementation in several ways and (ii) requiring each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education or alternative certification program that provides training for any student seeking initial licensure by the Board of Education with certain endorsements to include a program of coursework and clinical experience and require all such students to demonstrate mastery in identifying and implementing textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials. The provisions of the bill, with the exception of a provision that requires a study of and report on the textbook review and approval process by November 1, 2025, have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill incorporates HB 2291 and HB 2772 and is identical to SB 955. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2777 Virginia HB 2777 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2777 (2025) — Public schools; definitions, textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials.

Public schools; textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials. Makes several changes relating to the textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials that are utilized as the curriculum basis for public elementary and secondary school student instruction, including (i) requiring each local school board to adopt and implement textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials in English language arts for grades six through 12 and mathematics, science, and history and social studies for grades kindergarten through 12 and requiring the Department of Education to support such local adoption and implementation in several ways and (ii) requiring each education preparation program offered by a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education or alternative certification program that provides training for any student seeking initial licensure by the Board of Education with certain endorsements to include a program of coursework and clinical experience and require all such students to demonstrate mastery in identifying and implementing textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials. The provisions of the bill, with the exception of a provision that requires a study of and report on the textbook review and approval process by November 1, 2025, have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. This bill incorporates HB 2291 and HB 2772 and is identical to SB 955.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Conference Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Education and Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  8. Governor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  9. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
  10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
  • Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 95-N) — 1–95 (fail) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (89-Y 10-N) — 89–10 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 3-N) — 91–3 (pass) · lower
  • Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed by for the day — 47–46 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
  • Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
  • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 25105355D introduction
  • 2025-01-17 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-24 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-29 Committee substitute printed 25106316D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-29 Incorporates HB2291(Coyner)
  • 2025-01-29 Incorporates HB2772(Convirs-Fowler)
  • 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2777)
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Education Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (89-Y 10-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Committee substitute printed 25107251D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2777)
  • 2025-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-19 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-19 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-20 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-20 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-20 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-20 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-20 Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 95-N)
  • 2025-02-20 Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-20 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-20 Delegates: Rasoul, Simonds, Coyner
  • 2025-02-20 House acceded to request
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2025-02-20 Senators: VanValkenburg, Pekarsky, Pillion
  • 2025-02-21 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-21 Conference substitute printed 25107730D-H2
  • 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 3-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2777ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2777)
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (HB2777H3)
  • 2025-04-02 Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N)
  • 2025-04-02 Communicated to Governor
  • 2025-04-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 680 (Effective 07/01/26) executive-signature
  • 2025-05-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25671d53-8771-45bd-9cd8-6d6d2b077042. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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