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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 is identical to HB 2777. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 955 Virginia SB 955 (2025)
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Virginia SB 955 (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 is identical to HB 2777.

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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  8. Governor Substitute Not Adopted (committee substitute) — source
  9. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
  10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
  • Passed House with substitute (84-Y 11-N) — 84–11 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 6-N) — 15–6 (pass) · lower
  • Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) — 19–21 (fail) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by House (88-Y 8-N) — 88–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
  • Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104228D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-01-16 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-23 Committee substitute printed 25104821D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-29 Committee substitute printed 25106456D-S2 substitution
  • 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
  • 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-01-31 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-31 Education and Health Substitute rejected
  • 2025-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-01-31 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
  • 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-31 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
  • 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB955)
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-12 Committee substitute printed 25106937D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB955)
  • 2025-02-14 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-17 Education Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-17 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-17 Passed House with substitute (84-Y 11-N) passage
  • 2025-02-18 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
  • 2025-02-19 House insisted on substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-19 House requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-20 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2025-02-20 Senators: VanValkenburg, Pekarsky, Pillion
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-20 Delegates: Rasoul, Simonds, Coyner
  • 2025-02-21 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-21 Conference substitute printed 25107827D-S3
  • 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by House (88-Y 8-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 (SB955ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB955)
  • 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
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (SB955S4)
  • 2025-03-25 Governor's substitute printed (SB955S4)
  • 2025-04-02 Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) veto-override-passage
  • 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 683 (Effective 07/01/26) executive-signature
  • 2025-05-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad5f4bb9-b535-434b-8cfc-92c3ad39af5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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