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Yes: 90 • No: 68
VirginiaHB21962025 Regular SessionHouse
Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established, report, effective date.
Sponsored By: Delores L. McQuinn (Democratic)
Failed
Summary
Public schools; student discipline; Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established. Establishes the Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program (the Program), to be administered by the Department of Education (the Department), for the purpose of addressing school discipline issues and promoting evidence-based restorative practices, as that term is defined in the bill, in public schools in the Commonwealth by awarding grants to a school division in each superintendent's region in the Commonwealth to be used in developing and implementing a comprehensive plan to integrate evidence-based restorative practices in such school divisions in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill directs the Department to (i) develop the application process by which a school board may apply to receive funds pursuant to the Program; (ii) establish criteria for the selection and award of grants pursuant to the Program; and (iii) develop a process for evaluating the progress and performance of each school division selected to receive a grant pursuant to the Program in implementing such evidence-based restorative practices and satisfying the Program requirements set forth in the bill. The bill requires any such school division to (a) establish a learning collaborative for the purpose of developing a comprehensive plan for implementing evidence-based restorative practices in accordance with the provisions of the bill and (b) submit to the Department by July 1 of each year immediately following any year for which it receives a grant a report on its progress in implementing such evidence-based restorative practices for the preceding school year. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
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Bill Overview
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Delores L. McQuinn
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/14/2025
Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations
Yes: 13 • No: 1
Senate vote • 2/13/2025
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Yes: 9 • No: 6
House vote • 2/4/2025
Read third time and passed House
Yes: 51 • No: 48
House vote • 1/29/2025
Reported from Education with substitute
Yes: 12 • No: 10
House vote • 1/28/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute
Yes: 5 • No: 3 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)
2/14/2025HousePassed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
2/14/2025SenateCommittee substitute printed 25107248D-S1
2/13/2025SenateReported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
2/13/2025SenateAssigned Education sub: Public Education
2/10/2025SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2/5/2025SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2/5/2025SenateRead third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
2/4/2025HouseEngrossed by House - committee substitute
2/3/2025HouseEducation Substitute agreed to
2/3/2025HouseRead second time
2/3/2025HouseRead first time
1/31/2025HouseFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)
1/30/2025HouseCommittee substitute printed 25105134D-H1
1/29/2025HouseReported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
1/29/2025HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
1/28/2025HouseAssigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
1/24/2025HouseFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)
1/23/2025HouseReferred to Committee on Education
1/7/2025HousePrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104246D
1/7/2025House
Bill Text
Substitute
2/13/2025
Substitute
1/29/2025
Introduced
1/7/2025
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