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Bill School bd. policies; communication & language accessibility for limited English proficient parents. School boards; language access plan for limited English proficient parents. Requires each school board to develop, implement, and post in a publicly accessible location on its website a language access plan consisting of policies and procedures designed to ensure meaningful communication with and informational accessibility for limited English proficient (LEP) parents, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 685. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 1278 Virginia HB 1278 (2026)
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Virginia HB 1278 (2026) — School bd. policies; communication & language accessibility for limited English proficient parents.

School boards; language access plan for limited English proficient parents. Requires each school board to develop, implement, and post in a publicly accessible location on its website a language access plan consisting of policies and procedures designed to ensure meaningful communication with and informational accessibility for limited English proficient (LEP) parents, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 685.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Education Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  5. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Elementary & Secondary Education Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 52 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 73 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 6233 (pass) · lower
  • Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 2315 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with amendment(s) — 156 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 150 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 6430 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 195 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 166 (pass) · lower
  • Insist & Request R — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
  • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
  • Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
  • May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
  • Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 26104939D introduction
  • 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2026-02-02 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1278)
  • 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)
  • 2026-02-04 Reported from Education with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-04 Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
  • 2026-02-09 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) substitution
  • 2026-02-09 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-09 Committee substitute printed 26107411D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-02-11 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-12 committee amendments rejected amendment-failure
  • 2026-02-12 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 33-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1278)
  • 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-02-19 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-19 Senate committee offered
  • 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108246D-S1 substitution
  • 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1278)
  • 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-23 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
  • 2026-02-23 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-23 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-02-25 Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 95-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-27 Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
  • 2026-02-27 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2026-03-02 House acceded to request
  • 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2026-03-04 House Conferees: Reaser, Cohen, Tata
  • 2026-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2026-03-04 Senate Conferees: Pekarsky, VanValkenburg, Head
  • 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
  • 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
  • 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 30-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1278ER) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
  • 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 764 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19d17ddd-983b-43e8-892e-7dd6d58c94c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).