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Bill Teacher, other instructional personnel, etc., exits; data collection, disaggregation by race. Teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff position exits; data collection; disaggregation by race; reason for exit. Requires each school board to report to the Department of Education annually the number and type of teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff position exits in the school division, disaggregated by the race of the individual who exited the position. The bill also provides that for each such exit occurring during the reporting year, the reason for the exit, including whether the exit was voluntary or involuntary, shall be collected and reported. This bill is identical to SB 785. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 1437 Virginia HB 1437 (2026)
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Virginia HB 1437 (2026) — Teacher, other instructional personnel, etc., exits; data collection, disaggregation by race.

Teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff position exits; data collection; disaggregation by race; reason for exit. Requires each school board to report to the Department of Education annually the number and type of teacher, other instructional personnel, and support staff position exits in the school division, disaggregated by the race of the individual who exited the position. The bill also provides that for each such exit occurring during the reporting year, the reason for the exit, including whether the exit was voluntary or involuntary, shall be collected and reported. This bill is identical to SB 785.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 2117 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 6335 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 73 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health — 85 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education with substitute — 147 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Lindsey Dougherty — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 26101630D introduction
  • 2026-01-22 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2026-01-30 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-02-02 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1437)
  • 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) substitution
  • 2026-02-04 Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26106856D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1437)
  • 2026-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-09 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-02-19 Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-23 Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-02-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-02-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1437ER) passage
  • 2026-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1437)
  • 2026-02-25 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-25 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 849 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a3788e6-9a52-46b1-b0f6-7439435b371c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).