# Virginia SB968: School boards; support services personnel, annual collection of certain staffing data required. Virginia SB968, School boards; support services personnel, annual collection of certain staffing data required., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-03-24 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB968-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia SB968 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: School boards; support services personnel, annual collection of certain staffing data required. - Status: to governor - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-06 - Last action: 2025-03-24, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578) - Sponsor: Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (198 yes, 8 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Board of Education; support services personnel; annual collection of certain staffing data required; report. Requires (i) each school board to, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, annually collect and submit to the Department of Education a report on data on the average salaries of support services personnel, as that term is defined in the bill, employed by the school board and (ii) the Department to, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, annually compile such data, include it in the Annual School Report, and publicly post it on the Department's website. The bill requires each school board and the Department to disaggregate the data by career categories of support services personnel and specialized student support personnel as set forth in applicable law. This bill is identical to HB 1983. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-10 | House | Passed House | pass | 89 | 6 | | | 2025-02-05 | House | Reported from Education | pass | 18 | 2 | | | 2025-01-28 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-01-24 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2025-01-23 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health | pass | 15 | 0 | | ## Actions (27) - 2025-03-24: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0578) (Governor) - 2025-03-24: Approved by Governor-Chapter 578 (Effective 07/01/25) (Governor) - 2025-02-18: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-02-18: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB968) (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB968ER) (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Enrolled (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-10: Passed House (89-Y 6-N) (House) - 2025-02-10: Read third time (House) - 2025-02-07: Read second time (House) - 2025-02-05: Reported from Education (18-Y 2-N) (House) - 2025-02-03: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2025-02-03: Read first time (House) - 2025-02-03: Placed on Calendar (House) - 2025-01-28: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Engrossed by Senate (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Read second time (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-01-24: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-01-20: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate) - 2025-01-15: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB968) (Senate) - 2025-01-06: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2025-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104372D (Senate) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077625.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077624.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-02-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045500.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045499.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014638.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014637.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - 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 - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077625.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077624.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045500.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045499.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014638.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014637.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) - [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-SB968-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).