2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB968: School boards; support services personnel, annual collection of certain staffing data required.

Legislative Summary

Board of Education; support services personnel; annual collection of certain staffing data required; report. Requires (i) each school board to, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, annually collect and submit to the Department of Education a report on data on the average salaries of support services personnel, as that term is defined in the bill, employed by the school board and (ii) the Department to, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, annually compile such data, include it in the Annual School Report, and publicly post it on the Department's website. The bill requires each school board and the Department to disaggregate the data by career categories of support services personnel and specialized student support personnel as set forth in applicable law. This bill is identical to HB 1983. 

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Bill History

1/6/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104372D
Senate
1/6/2025
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Senate
1/15/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB968)
Senate
1/20/2025
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Senate
1/23/2025
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/24/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/24/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/24/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
1/27/2025
Read second time
Senate
1/27/2025
Engrossed by Senate
Senate
1/28/2025
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/3/2025
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Referred to Committee on Education
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Reported from Education (18-Y 2-N)
House of Delegates
2/7/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/10/2025
Read third time
House of Delegates
2/10/2025
Passed House (89-Y 6-N)
House of Delegates
2/11/2025
Enrolled
Senate
2/11/2025
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB968ER)
Senate
2/11/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB968)
Senate
2/11/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
2/13/2025
Signed by President
Senate
2/18/2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
Senate
2/18/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/24/2025
Approved by Governor-Chapter 578 (Effective 07/01/25)
3/24/2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578)

Roll Call Votes

Passed House (89-Y 6-N)
2/10/2025
89
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
5
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Education (18-Y 2-N)
2/5/2025
18
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
1/28/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
1/24/2025
37
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
1/23/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/24/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text3/24/20253.5 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text2/11/20254.3 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/6/20255.1 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/11/2025117.0 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/15/2025117.0 KB