# Virginia HB360: Public Instruction, Superintendent of; duties, fixed and actual school staffing ratios.

Virginia HB360, Public Instruction, Superintendent of; duties, fixed and actual school staffing ratios., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Shelly A. Simonds (Democratic); status failed, last action 2024-11-19 (Left in Finance and Appropriations) (as of 2026-10-16).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB360-2025
- As of: 2026-10-16
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB360
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Public Instruction, Superintendent of; duties, fixed and actual school staffing ratios.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-01-06
- Last action: 2024-11-19, Left in Finance and Appropriations
- Sponsor: Shelly A. Simonds (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (173 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Superintendent of Public Instruction; duties; fixed and actual school staffing ratios. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to biennially calculate, compare, and report to the Board of Education and the General Assembly the differences between the fixed staffing ratios in the Standards of Quality funding formula and the actual staffing ratios in local school divisions in the Commonwealth so that such fixed staffing ratios can be regularly adjusted as needed to more closely approximate such actual staffing ratios.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Shelly A. Simonds (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024-02-27 | Senate | Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2024-02-22 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2024-02-22 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2024-01-30 | House | VOTE: Block Vote Passage | pass | 99 | 0 |   |
| 2024-01-24 | House | Reported from Education | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2024-01-23 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2024-11-19: Left in Finance and Appropriations (Senate)
- 2024-02-27: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2024-02-22: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (Senate)
- 2024-02-22: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2024-02-14: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education (Senate)
- 2024-02-01: Impact statement from DPB (HB360) (House)
- 2024-01-31: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2024-01-31: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2024-01-30: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2024-01-30: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2024-01-29: Read second time and engrossed (House)
- 2024-01-26: Read first time (House)
- 2024-01-24: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2024-01-23: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2024-01-19: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House)
- 2024-01-06: Referred to Committee on Education (House)
- 2024-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100395D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2024-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB360)

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- HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
- HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed)
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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB360)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB360-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).