# Virginia HB1165: Division superintendents; Board of Education to amend regulations, qualifications.

Virginia HB1165, Division superintendents; Board of Education to amend regulations, qualifications., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Nicole Cole (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-22 (Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N 0-A)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1165-2026
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB1165
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Division superintendents; Board of Education to amend regulations, qualifications.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-04-22, Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
- Sponsor: Nicole Cole (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 11 (295 yes, 156 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Board of Education; regulations; qualifications of division superintendents. Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulation that establishes the qualifications for division superintendents to (i) require the record of each candidate for the list of eligible division superintendents and the renewable division superintendent license under any of the four permitted options to attest to good character and demonstrated ability as an educational administrator and (ii) amend Option IV by requiring the candidate to have (a) completed five years of successful educational experience in a public school or an accredited nonpublic school, two years of which shall have been full-time teaching experience at the preK-12 level and two years of which shall have been in administration and supervision and (b) been recommended by a school board that is interested in employing the individual as division superintendent and that governs a school division with fewer than 2,000 enrolled students. The bill also provides that the requirements under Option IV that were in effect prior to the effective date of the bill shall apply to any individual who was employed as a division superintendent pursuant to Option IV as of such date and who maintains continuous employment as a division superintendent in any school division in the Commonwealth after such date.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New qualification rules for Virginia school superintendents: mixed, low. The law requires Virginia’s Board of Education to update superintendent qualifications. Under all four options, candidate records must show good character and proven ability as an education administrator. This applies to the eligible superintendent list and renewable superintendent license. Revised…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Nicole Cole (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-22 | Senate | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation | pass | 21 | 18 |   |
| 2026-04-22 | House | House concurred in Governor's recommendation | pass | 63 | 35 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | House | Senate amendment agreed to by House | pass | 62 | 33 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Education and Health Amendment agreed to | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendment | pass | 21 | 19 |   |
| 2026-02-27 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-27 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with amendment | pass | 9 | 6 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 61 | 35 |   |
| 2026-02-04 | House | Reported from Education with amendment(s) | pass | 14 | 7 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) | pass | 7 | 3 |   |

## Actions (43)

- 2026-04-22: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (63-Y 35-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-04-22: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1091) (Governor)
- 2026-04-22: Reenrolled bill text (HB1165ER2) (House)
- 2026-04-22: Reenrolled (House)
- 2026-04-22: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1091 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor)
- 2026-04-22: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-04-22: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-22: Governor's recommendation adopted (Governor)
- 2026-04-13: Governor's recommendation received by House (Governor)
- 2026-03-14: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor)
- 2026-03-14: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-12: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-11: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1165) (House)
- 2026-03-11: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1165ER) (House)
- 2026-03-11: Enrolled (House)
- 2026-03-11: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Senate amendment agreed to by House (62-Y 33-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-03-02: Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Education and Health Amendment agreed to (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Senate)
- 2026-03-02: Read third time (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (9-Y 6-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Senate subcommittee offered (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1165) (House)
- 2026-02-10: Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-09: Engrossed by House as amended (House)
- 2026-02-09: committee amendments agreed to (House)
- 2026-02-09: Read second time (House)
- 2026-02-06: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-04: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N) (House)
- 2026-02-03: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-02-03: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N) (House)
- 2026-01-30: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1165) (House)
- 2026-01-30: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-01-14: Referred to Committee on Education (House)
- 2026-01-14: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104767D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-22: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1225296.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1225295.PDF)
- Reenrolled, 2026-04-22: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1220320.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1220319.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-04-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1219383.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1219382.PDF)
- Gov Recommendation, 2026-04-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1219379.HTML)
- Enrolled, 2026-03-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199357.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199356.PDF)
- Amendment, 2026-03-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1189136.HTML)
- Amendment, 2026-02-27: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186196.HTML)
- Amendment, 2026-02-19: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170872.HTML)
- Engrossed, 2026-02-09: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127302.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127301.PDF)
- Amendment, 2026-02-04: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116490.HTML)
- Amendment, 2026-02-03: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108324.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108779.HTML)
- Introduced, 2026-01-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087588.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087587.PDF)

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- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
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- HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)
- HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed)
- HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1225296.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1225295.PDF)
- [Reenrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1220320.HTML)
- [Reenrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1220319.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1219383.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1219382.PDF)
- [Gov Recommendation (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1219379.HTML)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199357.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199356.PDF)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1189136.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186196.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170872.HTML)
- [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127302.HTML)
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127301.PDF)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116490.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108324.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108779.HTML)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087588.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087587.PDF)

## Related
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
- [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026)
- [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1165-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).