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Bill Career and technical education courses, pathways, and credentials; biennial review, report. Board of Education; career and technical education courses, pathways, and credentials; biennial review; report. Requires the Board of Education and the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, with the assistance of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement, the Virginia Office of Education Economics, the Department of Education, the Virginia Community College System, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to conduct, beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 2026, and each odd-numbered year thereafter, a biennial review of all career and technical education course, pathway, and credential offerings available to public school students across the Commonwealth for the purpose of ensuring that all such career and technical education course, pathway, and credential offerings are (i) aligned with current and emerging industry and workforce needs, demands, and standards and (ii) designed to effectively prepare students for postsecondary success through gainful employment in a high-demand industry or field, enrollment in postsecondary education, or enlistment in the United States Armed Forces. The bill requires the Board of Education and the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to develop and submit to the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by October 1 of each odd-numbered year a report on each such biennial review. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 592 Virginia SB 592 (2026)
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Virginia SB 592 (2026) — Career and technical education courses, pathways, and credentials; biennial review, report.

Board of Education; career and technical education courses, pathways, and credentials; biennial review; report. Requires the Board of Education and the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, with the assistance of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement, the Virginia Office of Education Economics, the Department of Education, the Virginia Community College System, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to conduct, beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 2026, and each odd-numbered year thereafter, a biennial review of all career and technical education course, pathway, and credential offerings available to public school students across the Commonwealth for the purpose of ensuring that all such career and technical education course, pathway, and credential offerings are (i) aligned with current and emerging industry and workforce needs, demands, and standards and (ii) designed to effectively prepare students for postsecondary success through gainful employment in a high-demand industry or field, enrollment in postsecondary education, or enlistment in the United States Armed Forces. The bill requires the Board of Education and the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to develop and submit to the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by October 1 of each odd-numbered year a report on each such biennial review.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Referred from Education — 201 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends referring to — 91 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Appropriations — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Lamont Bagby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101752D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2026-01-29 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-30 Rules suspended
  • 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-01-30 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-02 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB592)
  • 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB592)
  • 2026-02-09 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-09 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-09 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2026-02-26 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2026-03-03 Subcommittee recommends referring to Appropriations(9-Y 1-N)
  • 2026-03-04 Referred from Education and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 1-N) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-09 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-11 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-03-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-12 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB592ER) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB592)
  • 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
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 347 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0347)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f66e716-9f11-49ff-b630-6e99090c0b14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).