Virginia education legislative update

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The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, and directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to create a plan accordingly. The bill was reported by the House Education Committee on a vote and referred to House Appropriations where it was left before crossover.

SB Howell was significantly amended and parred down from its original scope, which was like HB , to instead direct the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Commissioner of Social services to convene a stakeholder group that shall investigate the development of a unified early childhood education system that incorporates private and public options.

The bill passed the Senate on February 4 on a vote of with one abstention and has since been referred to House Education Committee. Close X. Early childhood education legislation update. February 7, Next Post ». To view the subcommittee membership and docket which is revised each week, click here. The Virginia General Assembly convened this afternoon for the legislative session. Among the business conducted on the first day was to formally elect a speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates and for the Senate of Virginia and House to adopt a procedural resolution to govern legislative business.

Delegate Todd Gilbert, R- Shenandoah County, was elected Speaker and the two chambers agreed to a procedural resolution for the session which will last 60 days. Additionally, the House leadership announced committee assignments for the session. The following Delegates were assigned to the House Education Committee.

To see all committee assignments made in the House, and to view committee membership in the Senate, which will not reorganize until after the elections, click here. The VSBA Government Relations team is advocating for our members and legislative positions in person for the first time since We are excited to be back in Richmond but will still need your help in answering Legislative Action Alerts and talking to your legislative delegations about important legislation being considered by the general assembly.

Thank you for all you do on behalf of public education in the Commonwealth! Governor Ralph S. Other Highlights of the Governor's Proposed Budget include:. The proposed biennium budget will be considered by members of the General Assembly when the session convenes on January 12th.

The VSBA Government Relations team will continue to monitor the budget and legislative developments as session approaches. Kessler, at jason vsba. Virginia Governor Ralph S. Northam released numbers from the August Revenue Report showing Virginia's economy continues to recover from pandemic lows last spring. According to administration numbers, the General Fund rose Collections of payroll withholding taxes increased Collections of sales and use taxes, reflecting July sales, grew Recordation taxes from real estate transactions increased by 8.

There was one more deposit day this August than there was August of last year. The first estimated payments from individuals, corporations and insurance companies are due in September. On a year-to-date basis, collections of payroll withholding taxes — 62 percent of General Fund revenues — were up 9. Sales tax collections — 17 percent of General Fund revenues — grew On a fiscal year-to-date basis, total revenue collections rose 5.

The full report is available her e. The Conference Committee reached a compromise on the spending plan, which makes several amendments to the introduced spending plan.