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type: "Bill"
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title: "School bds.; opening of school year, certain alternative schedules & schedule flexibility permitted."
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description: "School boards; opening of the school year; certain alternative schedules and schedule flexibility permitted. Extends from no earlier than 14 days before Labor Day to no earlier than 14 days before September 1 of each year the requirement relating to the earliest date that each school board is permitted to schedule as the first day on which students are required to attend school each year. This bill is identical to HB 1455."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 815"
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citation: "Virginia SB 815 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d605efa-d3d8-415c-8a59-2aa43047d64f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB815"
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source_hash: "d952e24afd9f2cba99e9a990948fb5c945e38668669da7c926fbe99d5807e388"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 815 (2026) — School bds.; opening of school year, certain alternative schedules & schedule flexibility permitted.
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School boards; opening of the school year; certain alternative schedules and schedule flexibility permitted. Extends from no earlier than 14 days before Labor Day to no earlier than 14 days before September 1 of each year the requirement relating to the earliest date that each school board is permitted to schedule as the first day on which students are required to attend school each year. This bill is identical to HB 1455.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095768.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218202.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1207061.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26104363D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB815)
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- **2026-02-05** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Blank Action
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- **2026-02-20** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-20** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-20** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB815)
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- **2026-03-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB815ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 522 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0522)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d605efa-d3d8-415c-8a59-2aa43047d64f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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