# Virginia HB643: School Performance and Support Framework; Board of Education to consider certain changes, report. Virginia HB643, School Performance and Support Framework; Board of Education to consider certain changes, report., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Sam Rasoul (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB643-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB643 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: School Performance and Support Framework; Board of Education to consider certain changes, report. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-04-13, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649) - Sponsor: Sam Rasoul (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (219 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary Board of Education; School Performance and Support Framework; certain changes. Requires the Board of Education to consider certain enumerated changes to the School Performance and Support Framework that it adopted in order to implement its school accountability standards, including developing and applying new school performance label terminology that more clearly communicates school performance as part of a continuous scale and rebalancing the weight assigned to growth, at least equally with proficiency, to more fully account for each school's contribution to student learning. This bill incorporates HB 1323 and is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Better scoring for English learners: benefit, low. The Board scores English language progress with a performance index. Students who make some progress get partial credit; those who exceed targets get extra credit. If a school has too few English learners, that indicator’s weight moves to other indicators. The Board must seek federal approval to ex… - Early school results and 2026 plan: benefit, low. The Virginia Department of Education must create a plan and timeline to carry out these changes. Before each school year starts, each division gets every school's preliminary results for the prior year. This includes the likely federal identification status and the preliminary school label. The Dep… - High school readiness caps and credit: mixed, low. High schools now have caps on 3E Readiness points for the school overall and for each student. The Board also increases per-student points for enlistment so it better matches the time and effort, compared with enrollment and employment. These rules limit how much readiness activity can boost a scor… - More weight on growth, tougher fails: mixed, low. The law counts student growth at least as much as proficiency in school scores. For tests with three performance levels, a failing score now counts 0.5 points in the mastery index (was 0.75). This helps schools that show strong learning gains. It also makes failing scores hurt more, which can lower… - New school labels and level cutoffs: mixed, low. The Board of Education now uses new, continuous labels for school performance. Examples include "exceeds standard," "meets," "partially meets," and "does not meet." Any school with federal Comprehensive Support and Improvement is put in the lowest label. A school with one year of Targeted Support a… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Sam Rasoul (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-02 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-27 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2026-02-13 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 96 | 0 | | | 2026-02-09 | House | Reported from Education with substitute | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2026-02-04 | House | Reported from Education with amendment(s) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-03 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) | pass | 10 | 0 | | ## Actions (35) - 2026-04-13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0649) (Governor) - 2026-04-13: Approved by Governor-Chapter 649 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor) - 2026-03-10: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor) - 2026-03-10: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-06: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB643) (House) - 2026-03-06: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB643ER) (House) - 2026-03-06: Enrolled (House) - 2026-03-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-03-02: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (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 (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate) - 2026-02-16: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2026-02-16: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-13: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (96-Y 0-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-12: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2026-02-12: committee substitute agreed to (House) - 2026-02-12: Read second time (House) - 2026-02-11: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-09: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB643) (House) - 2026-02-09: Committee substitute printed 26107193D-H1 (House) - 2026-02-09: House committee offered (House) - 2026-02-09: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-02-09: Incorporates HB1323 (Reaser) (House) - 2026-02-04: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB643) (House) - 2026-02-04: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (House) - 2026-02-03: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-02-03: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-01-30: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104413D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221566.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221565.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194145.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194144.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-02-09: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133964.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1134294.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1134293.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133963.PDF) - Amendment, 2026-02-03: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108350.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108805.HTML) - Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085334.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085333.PDF) ## Related bills - HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221566.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221565.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194145.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194144.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133964.HTML) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1134294.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1134293.PDF) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133963.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108350.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108805.HTML) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085334.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085333.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) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB643-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).