Delores McQuinn
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 81
Public schools; student discipline; Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established. Establishes the Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program (the Program), to be administered by the Department of Education (the Department), for the purpose of addressing school discipline issues and promoting evidence-based restorative practices, as that term is defined in the bill, in public schools in the Commonwealth by awarding grants to a school division in each superintendent's region in the Commonwealth to be used in developing and implementing a comprehensive plan to integrate evidence-based restorative practices in such school divisions in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill directs the Department to (i) develop the application process by which a school board may apply to receive funds pursuant to the Program; (ii) establish criteria for the selection and award of grants pursuant to the Program; and (iii) develop a process for evaluating the progress and performance of each school division selected to receive a grant pursuant to the Program in implementing such evidence-based restorative practices and satisfying the Program requirements set forth in the bill. The bill requires any such school division to (a) establish a learning collaborative for the purpose of developing a comprehensive plan for implementing evidence-based restorative practices in accordance with the provisions of the bill and (b) submit to the Department by July 1 of each year immediately following any year for which it receives a grant a report on its progress in implementing such evidence-based restorative practices for the preceding school year. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-279.6:1, relating to school divisions; student discipline; Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established.
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Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Education Substitute agreed to
Read first time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)
Committee substitute printed 25105134D-H1
Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)
Referred to Committee on Education
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104246D
Bill Text Versions | Format |
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Education Substitute | HTML PDF |
Introduced | HTML PDF |
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Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196) | PDF PDF |
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