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Bill Students who need or use augmentative and alternative communication; documentation of needs. Students who need or use augmentative and alternative communication; documentation of needs on individualized education program; staff training. Requires each school division to document on the individualized education program of a student with a disability who needs or uses augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) such student's AAC and communication access and support needs prior to the provision of instruction or support to such student, including any extended school year period. The bill defines AAC as any method or tool other than oral speech that an individual uses to communicate, including gestures, facial expressions, writing, and speech-generating devices. The bill also requires each school division to provide to each employee or contractor who provides instruction or direct support to a student with a disability who needs or uses an AAC individualized training as an assistive technology to support the student's use of AAC and to ensure that access to curricula and instruction is designed or adapted as necessary to accommodate the student's unique communication access needs. The bill also establishes a timeline for such training based on certain circumstances. This bill is identical to HB 2219. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 1034 Virginia SB 1034 (2025)
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Virginia SB 1034 (2025) — Students who need or use augmentative and alternative communication; documentation of needs.

Students who need or use augmentative and alternative communication; documentation of needs on individualized education program; staff training. Requires each school division to document on the individualized education program of a student with a disability who needs or uses augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) such student's AAC and communication access and support needs prior to the provision of instruction or support to such student, including any extended school year period. The bill defines AAC as any method or tool other than oral speech that an individual uses to communicate, including gestures, facial expressions, writing, and speech-generating devices. The bill also requires each school division to provide to each employee or contractor who provides instruction or direct support to a student with a disability who needs or uses an AAC individualized training as an assistive technology to support the student's use of AAC and to ensure that access to curricula and instruction is designed or adapted as necessary to accommodate the student's unique communication access needs. The bill also establishes a timeline for such training based on certain circumstances. This bill is identical to HB 2219.

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. Education Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  5. House Amendments (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
  • House Amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
  • Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
  • Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101094D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-01-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1034)
  • 2025-01-16 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-24 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-24 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-27 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-27 Engrossed by Senate
  • 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-03 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-05 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-07 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-10 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-10 Education Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-10 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2025-02-10 Passed House with amendments (95-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-12 House Amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) amendment-failure
  • 2025-02-13 House insisted on amendments
  • 2025-02-13 House requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-17 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-17 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2025-02-17 Senators: Pekarsky, Aird, Head
  • 2025-02-18 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-18 Delegates: Tran, Askew, Cherry
  • 2025-02-20 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1034ER) passage
  • 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
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1034)
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 469 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0469)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31777847-b677-4611-b020-420df1ea9b70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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