House Education Committee reports dozens of K–12 bills to appropriations, reopens HB 462 and carries a block to 2027

At a committee session, the House Education Committee considered and acted on a broad slate of K–12 and higher-education measures, reporting many bills to the full House and to the Appropriations Committee and carrying a block of bills to 2027 under Rule 22. The committee also voted to reopen the question on House Bill 462 and reported that bill with a substitute.

The committee moved a series of routine and substantive measures affecting school operations, curriculum, staffing and reporting requirements. Measures the committee reported or referred included bills to: remove certain immunities related to VMI disciplinary disclosures (HB 22); create a work group and standards for the "enslaved ancestors" college-access scholarship and memorial program (HB 404); encourage transition services and accommodations for students with IEPs (HB 468); require at least one in-person meeting annually for the Gunston Hall Board of Regents (HB 706, aligned with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act); make changes to the Virginia Commission for the Arts (HB 1108); expand school health services staffing (HB 195); and require school boards to post language-access plans and to report data on expenditures for English learner students (HB 1278, HB 1367).

Several bills were sent to Appropriations or reported with substitutes or amendments: HB 404 (reported with substitute and referred to Appropriations), HB 412 (committee substitute to study education funding and local memoranda of understanding, reported and referred), HB 362 (printed textbook pilot, reported and referred), HB 492 (wearable panic alarm systems for school employees, reported and referred), and HB 1470 (collection of employee health insurance premium data, reported and referred). The committee recorded roll-call tallies for many items; where recorded, tallies ranged from unanimous reports to closer votes (for example, HB 1095 was reported as amended 11–7).

Procedural items included the incorporation of House Bill 132 into another bill (noted by the committee), a motion to continue a block of bills (listed by bill number) to 2027 under Rule 22, and two bills initially on the docket that were pulled for consideration on the full House docket on Monday (HB 92 and HB 1001). The meeting concluded with an announced transition to the early childhood and innovation subcommittee and an adjournment without further votes.

Votes at a glance (selected items recorded in the committee transcript): HB 22 — Reported 15–0 (subcommittee recommended 9–0) HB 404 — Reported with substitute; referred to Appropriations (subcommittee recommended 8–2) HB 468 — Reported with substitute 14–3 (subcommittee recommended 8–2) HB 706 — Reported as amended 17–0 (subcommittee recommended 9–0) HB 1108 — Reported 17–0 (subcommittee recommended 9–0) HB 195 — Reported with amendments and referred to Appropriations 18–0 (subcommittee recommended 10–0) HB 355 — Reported with substitute 14–4 (subcommittee recommended 10–0) HB 362 — Reported and referred with substitute 13–5 (subcommittee recommended 8–1, 1 abstention) HB 412 — Reported and referred 12–6 (subcommittee recommended 8–2) HB 492 — Reported and referred 16–3 (subcommittee recommended 10–0) HB 595 — Reported with substitute 18–1 (committee noted HB 132 had been incorporated into HB 595) HB 647 — Reported as amended 19–0 (satisfied reenactment requirement of chapter 677, Acts of Assembly of 2025) HB 705 — Reported with substitute 15–4 HB 924 — Reported with amendments 16–3 HB 1071 — Reported 15–4 HB 1095 — Reported as amended 11–7 (policy requires written opt-out and exemptions where reasonable efforts fail) HB 1165 — Reported with amendments 13–6 HB 1278 — Reported and referred 14–5 HB 1367 — Reported 16–3 HB 1437 — Reported with substitute 12–6 HB 1470 — Reported and referred 12–6 HB 1486 — Reported 16–2 HB 1499 — Reported 13–6

What happens next: most bills reported to the full House will appear on the House floor or be considered by the Appropriations Committee where noted; two bills pulled from the docket were scheduled for the full House on Monday. The committee adjourned and the early childhood and innovation subcommittee was scheduled to meet afterward.

Provenance: Committee discussion and roll-call results summarized above are drawn from the committee transcript beginning at SEG 001 and concluding at SEG 570.