# Virginia SB1236: Public schools; certain calculations in Standards of Quality, support services.

Virginia SB1236, Public schools; certain calculations in Standards of Quality, support services., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Lashrecse D. Aird (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-02-05 (Left in Finance and Appropriations) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB1236
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Public schools; certain calculations in Standards of Quality, support services.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-02-05, Left in Finance and Appropriations
- Sponsor: Lashrecse D. Aird (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (15 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Public schools; Standards of Quality; certain calculations; support services. Requires the Department of Education, (i) in calculating the deduction of federal funds in the Standards of Quality funding formula, to examine actual school division spending on support costs as a percentage of actual school division spending on all public education costs, with certain exceptions such as food service, and (ii) in calculating the costs in the Standards of Quality funding formula beginning with fiscal year 2029, to include all employee benefit costs incurred by a majority of school divisions, including costs related to retirement, health care, life insurance, and payout of earned but unused leave. The bill also requires support services positions to be funded based on a calculation of prevailing costs and prohibits such positions from being subject to any method of funding calculation that caps the number of funded support services positions based on a ratio of such positions to students enrolled in the school division, with the exception of certain support services positions enumerated in the bill.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lashrecse D. Aird (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-01-23 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |

## Actions (5)

- 2025-02-05: Left in Finance and Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-01-20: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101268D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018473.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018472.PDF)

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- SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed)
- HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
- HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed)
- SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed)
- HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor)

## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018473.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018472.PDF)

## 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-SB1236-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).