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type: "Bill"
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title: "School boards; certain advanced or accelerated mathematics opportunities."
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description: "Certain advanced or accelerated mathematics opportunities; policies and criteria for enrollment; data reporting. Requires each school board to develop and adopt a policy that sets forth the criteria for students in grades five through eight to be eligible to enroll in advanced or accelerated mathematics and requires each such policy to provide for (i) the automatic enrollment of certain students in advanced or accelerated mathematics based on Standards of Learning assessment scores, subject to course offerings and availability and the opportunity for parental opt-out; (ii) multiple additional pathways to student enrollment in advanced or accelerated mathematics; and (iii) an annual parental notification relating to mathematics coursework. The bill also requires each school board to report and the Department of Education to post on its website certain data relating to advanced or accelerated mathematics participation and performance."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2686"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2686 (2025)"
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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: 6
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-01-16"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2609c688-5e1f-437b-8dc0-d9a62737a923"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2686"
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source_hash: "1193d19640f043b8519a196f6308018ee8c93276c857c892f58d7fcff093f63d"
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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 2686 (2025) — School boards; certain advanced or accelerated mathematics opportunities.
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Certain advanced or accelerated mathematics opportunities; policies and criteria for enrollment; data reporting. Requires each school board to develop and adopt a policy that sets forth the criteria for students in grades five through eight to be eligible to enroll in advanced or accelerated mathematics and requires each such policy to provide for (i) the automatic enrollment of certain students in advanced or accelerated mathematics based on Standards of Learning assessment scores, subject to course offerings and availability and the opportunity for parental opt-out; (ii) multiple additional pathways to student enrollment in advanced or accelerated mathematics; and (iii) an annual parental notification relating to mathematics coursework. The bill also requires each school board to report and the Department of Education to post on its website certain data relating to advanced or accelerated mathematics participation and performance.
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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/1021799.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072506.PDF)
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3. **Education Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031894.PDF)
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4. **Education and Health Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045420.PDF)
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5. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052322.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1065157.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House (84-Y 11-N) — **84–11** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — 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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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — 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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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — 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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- **2025-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 25105181D `introduction`
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- **2025-01-16** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-24** Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106296D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Education Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Committee substitute printed 25107044D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2686)
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- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-18** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House (84-Y 11-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2686ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2686)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 309 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0309)
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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/2609c688-5e1f-437b-8dc0-d9a62737a923`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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