# Virginia HB613: Teacher Recruitment and Retention Mentorship Pilot Program; established, report, sunset.

Virginia HB613, Teacher Recruitment and Retention Mentorship Pilot Program; established, report, sunset., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Laura Jane Cohen (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB613
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Teacher Recruitment and Retention Mentorship Pilot Program; established, report, sunset.
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Laura Jane Cohen (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Public Education
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Department of Education; division superintendents; Teacher Recruitment and Retention Mentorship Pilot Program established; administration; report. Directs the Department of Education (the Department), in coordination with the Virginia Association of School Superintendents, to establish and administer the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Mentorship Pilot Program (the Program) for the purpose of supporting division superintendents of school divisions with high teacher vacancy rates in improving teacher recruitment and retention in such school division by coordinating the establishment of mentorships whereby a division superintendent of a low vacancy-rate school division is connected with a division superintendent of a high vacancy-rate school division to provide mentorship in developing and implementing plans, strategies, and best practices for improving teacher vacancy rates in the high vacancy-rate school division. The bill directs the Department, in coordination with the Virginia Association of School Superintendents, to implement policies and procedures for the establishment and administration of the Program, including policies for coordinating such mentorships, encouraging participation of division superintendents in the Program, and for Program oversight. The bill directs each division superintendent mentorship pair participating in the Program to annually submit to the Department a report on their activities for the preceding school year and any recommendations relating to improving the effectiveness of mentorships under the Program. Finally, the bill directs the Department to submit to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1 of each year a report on the activities of the Program for the preceding school year. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2029.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Laura Jane Cohen (Democratic), House

## Actions (24)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Continued to 2027 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB613) (House)
- 2026-02-26: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-16: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House)
- 2026-02-16: committee substitute agreed to (House)
- 2026-02-16: Read second time (House)
- 2026-02-15: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-13: Committee substitute printed 26107947D-H1 (House)
- 2026-02-13: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) (House)
- 2026-02-13: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-02-13: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) (House)
- 2026-02-13: Reconsidered by Appropriations (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-02-13: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) (House)
- 2026-02-11: Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 6-N) (House)
- 2026-02-11: Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education (House)
- 2026-02-10: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N) (House)
- 2026-02-05: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-01-27: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB613) (House)
- 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on Education (House)
- 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103236D (House)

## Bill text

- Substitute, 2026-02-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229931.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229130.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228631.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229930.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228630.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229129.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228574.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228573.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229931.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229130.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228631.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229930.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228630.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229129.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228574.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1228573.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority, report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
- [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB613-2027 (as of 2026-10-13).