# Virginia SB231: Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System, State Board for; funding model, report.

Virginia SB231, Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System, State Board for; funding model, report., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Christopher T. Head (Republican); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB231-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB231
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System, State Board for; funding model, report.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-12
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Christopher T. Head (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

State Board for Community Colleges and Virginia Community College System; funding model; report. Directs the State Board for Community Colleges (the State Board) and the Virginia Community College System to develop a community college funding model for the Commonwealth, and an implementation plan for such model, that balances base adequacy support and performance with outcomes-based funding. The bill requires the State Board to provide an interim report to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2026, and a final report to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the House Committee on Education, and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1, 2027.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Christopher T. Head (Republican), Senate

## Actions (7)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB231) (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-19: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100802D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229754.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229753.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229754.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229753.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-SB231-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).