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VA HB 412

in committee

Local governing bodies; school division budgets, funding levels.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Local governing bodies; school division budgets; funding levels. Requires the annual budget for educational purposes prepared and approved by each local governing body to meet or exceed the funding levels set out in the needs-based budget prepared and approved by the school board and submitted by the division superintendent in accordance with relevant law.

Introduced
2026-01-12
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-02-18 — Left in Committee Appropriations
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Nicole Coleprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-12

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103765D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-12

    Referred to Committee on Education

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-30

    Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-03

    House subcommittee offered

  5. 2026-02-03

    Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)

    substitution

  6. 2026-02-04

    Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (14-Y 7-N)

    committee-passage

  7. 2026-02-04

    Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-02-04

    Committee substitute printed 26106838D-H1

    substitution

  9. 2026-02-06

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB412)

  10. 2026-02-09

    Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)

  11. 2026-02-18

    Left in Committee Appropriations

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute

    2026-02-03 · pass · 8-2

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Shelly A. Simonds: yes
    • Alex Q. Askew: yes
    • Rae Cousins: yes
    • Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
    • Jessica L. Anderson: yes
    • Lindsey Dougherty: yes
    • Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
    • Mike A. Cherry: yes
    • Anne Ferrell Tata: no
    • Hillary Pugh Kent: no

  • Reported from Education with substitute

    2026-02-04 · pass · 14-7

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Sam Rasoul: yes
    • Shelly A. Simonds: yes
    • Delores L. McQuinn: yes
    • Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
    • Briana D. Sewell: yes
    • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: not voting
    • Alex Q. Askew: yes
    • Nadarius E. Clark: yes
    • Rae Cousins: yes
    • Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: yes
    • Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
    • Jessica L. Anderson: yes
    • Lindsey Dougherty: yes
    • Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
    • Mike A. Cherry: no
    • Anne Ferrell Tata: no
    • Phillip A. Scott: no
    • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: no
    • Eric R. Zehr: no
    • Hillary Pugh Kent: no
    • Madison Whittle: no

  • Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

    2026-02-09 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Delores L. McQuinn: yes
    • Briana D. Sewell: yes
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
    • Shelly A. Simonds: yes
    • Bill Wiley: yes
    • Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB412

Attribution

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