HB 2196

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 07, 2025
  • Passed House Feb 04, 2025
  • Senate
  • Governor

Restorative Schools in Virginia Pilot Program; established, report, effective date.

Abstract

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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Feb 10, 2025

Senate

Assigned Education sub: Public Education

Feb 05, 2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

Feb 04, 2025

House

Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)

Feb 03, 2025

House

Read second time

House

Engrossed by House - committee substitute

House

Education Substitute agreed to

Jan 31, 2025

House

Read first time

Jan 30, 2025

House

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)

Jan 29, 2025

House

Committee substitute printed 25105134D-H1

House

Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)

Jan 28, 2025

House

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)

Jan 24, 2025

House

Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee

Jan 23, 2025

House

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196)

Jan 07, 2025

House

Referred to Committee on Education

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104246D

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Education Substitute HTML PDF
Introduced HTML PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2196) PDF PDF

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