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type: "Bill"
title: "Community schools; establishment, community programs, etc."
description: "Community Services Efficiency Act; Departmentof Education; community schools. Requires the Department of Educationto establish an interagency task force composed of state and local agencies and entities in the areas of early childhood development, health, social services, community engagement, family engagement,higher education, communities in schools, and workforce developmentfor the purpose of developing a program for the establishment of community schools whereby public elementary and secondary schoolsserve as centers for the provision of such community programs andservices to students and their families as may be necessary on thebasis of the unique needs of the student population to be served. The bill requires such program to include a process by which schoolboards and community partnerships may apply to the Department ofEducation to designate an elementary or secondary school in the localschool division as a community school. The bill also establishesa special nonreverting fund in the state treasury for the purposeof providing planning grants for school boards and community partnershipsthat seek to apply to the Department of Education through such programfor community school designation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1355"
citation: "Virginia HB 1355 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Rasoul"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/350b2d19-0f46-47e8-90da-d036262432d3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1355"
source_hash: "1d05a10c8ed9b824eefa498417caa696e17e0770055b055f55bb7ba11ccefb5e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1355 (2020) — Community schools; establishment, community programs, etc.
Community Services Efficiency Act; Departmentof Education; community schools. Requires the Department of Educationto establish an interagency task force composed of state and local agencies and entities in the areas of early childhood development, health, social services, community engagement, family engagement,higher education, communities in schools, and workforce developmentfor the purpose of developing a program for the establishment of community schools whereby public elementary and secondary schoolsserve as centers for the provision of such community programs andservices to students and their families as may be necessary on thebasis of the unique needs of the student population to be served. The bill requires such program to include a process by which schoolboards and community partnerships may apply to the Department ofEducation to designate an elementary or secondary school in the localschool division as a community school. The bill also establishesa special nonreverting fund in the state treasury for the purposeof providing planning grants for school boards and community partnershipsthat seek to apply to the Department of Education through such programfor community school designation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0872)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0872)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1355ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1355ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1355EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1355EH1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1355)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1355)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1355H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1355H1)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (29-Y 11-N) — **2911** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) — **42** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 36-N) — **6036** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (64-Y 36-N) — **6336** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **139** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 4-N) — **144** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) — **141** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101221D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1355)
- **2020-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
- **2020-01-27** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute printed 20105737D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-29** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-03** Reported from Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1355H1)
- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Committee on Education substitute agreed to 20105737D-H1
- **2020-02-06** Committee on Appropriations amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1355EH1
- **2020-02-06** Printed as engrossed 20105737D-EH1
- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House (64-Y 36-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Passage (64-Y 36-N)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1355EH1)
- **2020-02-18** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with amendment (29-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Senate amendment agreed to by House (61-Y 36-N)
- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 36-N)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1355ER)
- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 872 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/350b2d19-0f46-47e8-90da-d036262432d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).