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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public school funding; ratios of instructional positions to English language learner students."
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description: "Public school staffing ratios; teachers; Englishlanguage learner students. Requires state funding to be providedpursuant to the general appropriation act to support divisionwideratios of English language learner students in average daily membershipto full-time equivalent teaching positions as follows: (i) for eachEnglish language learner identified as proficiency level one or two,one position per 20 students; (ii) for each English language learneridentified as proficiency level three or four, one position per 40 students; and (iii) for each English language learner identifiedas proficiency level five or in monitor status, one position per100 students. Current law requires state funding to be provided pursuantto the general appropriation act to support one such teaching positionper 50 English language learner students, regardless of the identifiedEnglish proficiency level of such students."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1247"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1247 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Lopes Maldonado"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5201c1c-7b38-43f0-b3bf-fd079e8c52e8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1247"
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source_hash: "b14ae7c455b1c9e791922abfda35aa35c9f30bddb0fb07d6b4e0de7ee11d6430"
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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 HB 1247 (2024) — Public school funding; ratios of instructional positions to English language learner students.
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Public school staffing ratios; teachers; Englishlanguage learner students. Requires state funding to be providedpursuant to the general appropriation act to support divisionwideratios of English language learner students in average daily membershipto full-time equivalent teaching positions as follows: (i) for eachEnglish language learner identified as proficiency level one or two,one position per 20 students; (ii) for each English language learneridentified as proficiency level three or four, one position per 40 students; and (iii) for each English language learner identifiedas proficiency level five or in monitor status, one position per100 students. Current law requires state funding to be provided pursuantto the general appropriation act to support one such teaching positionper 50 English language learner students, regardless of the identifiedEnglish proficiency level of such students.
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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. **CHAP0743** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0743)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106654D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1247H1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24106910D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1247H2)
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4. **Committee substitute printed 24108256D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1247S1)
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5. **HB1247ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1247ER)
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6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102059D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1247)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — **0–98** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate receded from substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102059D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1247)
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- **2024-01-31** Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-31** Committee substitute printed 24106654D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-31** Incorporates HB828 (Cousins)
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- **2024-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1247H1)
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- **2024-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-07** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute printed 24106910D-H2 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee on Education substitute rejected 24106654D-H1
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- **2024-02-12** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24106910D-H2 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1247H2 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 41-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1247H2)
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- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Committee substitute printed 24108256D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-29** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1247S1)
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- **2024-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-06** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-06** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-03-06** Committee substitute agreed to 24108256D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1247S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-06** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Senate substitute rejected by House 24108256D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
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- **2024-03-07** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
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- **2024-03-07** Senate receded from substitute (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1247ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1247ER)
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 743 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743)
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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/f5201c1c-7b38-43f0-b3bf-fd079e8c52e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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