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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 HB 1437. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 785 | Virginia SB 785 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 785 (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 HB 1437.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education — 14–7 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 22–18 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 63–34 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 12–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26104489D
introduction - 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Senate subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-05 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26106691D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB785)
- 2026-02-06 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Reported from Education (14-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-20 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-23 Passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-24 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-24 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB785ER)
passage - 2026-02-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB785)
- 2026-02-24 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-24 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 850 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7f82a2d-6cf4-4e9f-b60c-019d18b0d01a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).