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| Bill | High school students; completion of certain applications for student financial aid required. | School boards; high school students; establishment of certain goals for completion of certain applications for student financial aid required; provision of data and guidance relating to student financial aid applications. Requires each school board to (i) annually provide to each high school student and the parent of each high school student guidance and other informational materials on student financial aid applications, as defined by the bill, for the purpose of promoting awareness of federal and state financial aid programs, resources, eligibility criteria, application deadlines, and other processes and requirements; (ii) utilize federally available data to establish a five-year goal for encouraging and increasing the completion of student financial aid applications by high school students during the students' final school year before graduation; and (iii) annually post in a publicly accessible location on its website federally available data relating to student financial aid applications and submit to the Department of Education a report on the progress toward achieving the five-year goal established pursuant to clause (ii). The bill clarifies that nothing in the bill shall be construed to require any school board to establish a goal of universal completion of a student financial aid application prior to graduation by each high school student in the school division. The bill also prohibits any school board or employee thereof from disclosing any personally identifiable information relating to the requirements set forth in the bill to any individual or entity outside of the school division. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to provide to each school board (a) by the beginning of each school year, the website containing federally available data on the rates of completion of student financial aid applications; (b) guidance or other informational materials on student financial aid applications; and (c) guidance and other informational resources designed to support school boards in making progress toward the five-year goals established pursuant to the bill. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2031. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1095 | Virginia HB 1095 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1095 (2026) — High school students; completion of certain applications for student financial aid required.
School boards; high school students; establishment of certain goals for completion of certain applications for student financial aid required; provision of data and guidance relating to student financial aid applications. Requires each school board to (i) annually provide to each high school student and the parent of each high school student guidance and other informational materials on student financial aid applications, as defined by the bill, for the purpose of promoting awareness of federal and state financial aid programs, resources, eligibility criteria, application deadlines, and other processes and requirements; (ii) utilize federally available data to establish a five-year goal for encouraging and increasing the completion of student financial aid applications by high school students during the students' final school year before graduation; and (iii) annually post in a publicly accessible location on its website federally available data relating to student financial aid applications and submit to the Department of Education a report on the progress toward achieving the five-year goal established pursuant to clause (ii). The bill clarifies that nothing in the bill shall be construed to require any school board to establish a goal of universal completion of a student financial aid application prior to graduation by each high school student in the school division. The bill also prohibits any school board or employee thereof from disclosing any personally identifiable information relating to the requirements set forth in the bill to any individual or entity outside of the school division. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Education, in collaboration with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to provide to each school board (a) by the beginning of each school year, the website containing federally available data on the rates of completion of student financial aid applications; (b) guidance or other informational materials on student financial aid applications; and (c) guidance and other informational resources designed to support school boards in making progress toward the five-year goals established pursuant to the bill. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2031.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Delegate Singh Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Education Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Senator Favola Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 9–5 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 61–35 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 63–35 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- JJ Singh — primary (person)
- John Chilton McAuliff — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101596D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1095)
- 2026-01-30 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
- 2026-02-04 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 8-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-10 Floor substitute printed 26107663D-H1 (Singh)
- 2026-02-10 Floor offered Delegate Singh Substitute
- 2026-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-10 committee amendment rejected
amendment-failure - 2026-02-10 Delegate Singh Floor substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-10 Engrossed by House - floor substitute
- 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N 1-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1095)
- 2026-03-05 Senate committee offered
- 2026-03-05 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05 Senate committee offered
- 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26109258D-S1
substitution - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1095)
- 2026-03-06 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-06 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day
- 2026-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-10 Floor offered Senator Favola Substitute
- 2026-03-10 Reading of substitute waived
- 2026-03-10 Senator Favola Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
- 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1095)
- 2026-03-11 Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1095ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1095)
- 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 934 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eea1f29c-73af-45f1-b3b9-5b5712bbcf98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).