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type: "Bill"
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title: "Students, certain; enrollment and provision of free public education."
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description: "Enrollment of students transitioning into, between,and out of foster care and kinship care placements. Requiresthe school division in which a student who has transitioned into,between, or out of a foster care or kinship care placement by a localsocial services agency last attended school prior to such transitionand the school division in which such a student resides after suchtransition to cooperate in facilitating the enrollment of any suchstudent for the purpose of enhancing continuity of instruction. Thebill provides that any such student shall be allowed to continueto attend the school in which he was enrolled prior to his placement transition upon the joint determination of the placing social servicesagency and the local school division that such attendance is in thebest interest of the student. Current law contains similar provisionsbut is limited to students who have transitioned into foster careplacements."
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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 777"
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citation: "Virginia HB 777 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c02a894e-2b6d-4ede-b020-e285e14bdef4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB777"
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source_hash: "be9e95cf7d87312900e4deaea22eafdbc05399d9a96bc3cb26f817a50cafc28e"
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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 777 (2024) — Students, certain; enrollment and provision of free public education.
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Enrollment of students transitioning into, between,and out of foster care and kinship care placements. Requiresthe school division in which a student who has transitioned into,between, or out of a foster care or kinship care placement by a localsocial services agency last attended school prior to such transitionand the school division in which such a student resides after suchtransition to cooperate in facilitating the enrollment of any suchstudent for the purpose of enhancing continuity of instruction. Thebill provides that any such student shall be allowed to continueto attend the school in which he was enrolled prior to his placement transition upon the joint determination of the placing social servicesagency and the local school division that such attendance is in thebest interest of the student. Current law contains similar provisionsbut is limited to students who have transitioned into foster careplacements.
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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. **CHAP0303** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0303)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106309D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB777H1)
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3. **HB777ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB777ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104885D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB777)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104885D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-19** Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-29** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-31** Committee substitute printed 24106309D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB777H1)
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- **2024-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 24106309D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB777H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB777ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB777ER)
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- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 303 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0303)
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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/c02a894e-2b6d-4ede-b020-e285e14bdef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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