2021 GENERAL ASSEMBLY WATCH LIST UPDATED: Mar 4, 2021 KEY LEGISLATION

CATEGORY BILL # PATRON BILL TITLE _ TOPIC CROSS-OVER STATUS BUDGET BILL HB1800/SB1100 Torian / Howell $500M No Loss. Restore: $27M school counselors, $80M teacher comp, $16M early childhood, $15M VATI Broadband HB1923 Electric utilities; broadband capacity pilot program. Expands an Waiting for Governor Signature Broadband SB1334 John Edwards Pilot program for broadband capacity; municipal broadband Waiting for Governor Signature Broadband HB2214 Israel O'Quinn Broadband service territory maps. Requires the Commonwealth Left in Appropriations. IN HOUSE BUDGET Broadband SB1225 Authorizes school boards to appropriate funds for the purposes Waiting for Governor Signature Broadband SB1462 Digital Equity Pilot Program w/SNAP. Requires the Department of Substitute.Social Services Laid to on establish Table. In a BUDGET pilot program to provide a fixed reimbursement for the costs of broadband services to households currently participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2024. Buildings HB1823 Carbon Monoxide Detectors. Public schools, child day Waiting for Governor Signature Buildings HB2093 Israel O'Quinn Department of Education; School Construction Fund and Left in Appropriations Buildings SB1106 Bill Stanley Public School Assistance Fund and Program created. Creates the Left in Appropriations Buildings SB1109 Bill Stanley Voter referendum; issuance of state general obligation bonds for Left in Appropriations Buses- Electric SB1380 Electric utilities; electric school bus projects; report. Authorizes Passed Senate. Failed in House. HB2118 Also failed CTE HB2204 Eileen Filler-Corn Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program Waiting for Governor Signature CTE SB1405 Richard Saslaw Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program Waiting for Governor Signature Curriculum HB1885 Comprehensive review of computer science standards, Signed. Effective 7/1/2021 Curriculum HB1905 Joshua Cole Economic education and financial literacy required in middle Signed. Effective 7/1/2021 Curriculum HB2058 Shelly Simmonds STEM Education Advisory Board; established; report. Creates the Waiting for Governor Signature Dyslexia HB1865 Reading intervention services. Certain students in kindergarten Waiting for Governor Signature Early Childhood SB1316 Jennifer McClellan Child care providers; background check portability; subsidy Waiting for Governor Signature Early Childhood HB2086 John J. McGuire, III Child care providers; background checks; portability. Exempts Waiting for Governor Signature Early Childhood HB2206 Eileen Filler-Corn Child Care Assistance Program; emergency. Creates the COVID- Waiting for Governor Signature Early Childhood Item 52 #3h /52 #1s Krizek / McClellan Children's Cabinet Advisor: Permanent position within the Not in House-Senate Budgets Equity-Inclusion HB1904 Clinton Jenkins Teachers and other licensed school board employees; cultural Waiting for Governor Signature Equity-Inclusion Item 145 #16c Academic Year Governor's School to post [on website] diversity In Budget Health - Nurses HB1736 School personnel; school nurses. Excludes school nurse Failed to report fro Senate Ed & Health Health - Nurses SB1191 Jennifer Kiggans School personnel; school nurses. Excludes school nurse Finance passed by indefinitely School Nutrition HB2013 School meal debt; enforcement. Requires each school board to Waiting for Governor Signature School Nutrition HB2135 Danica Roem Afterschool Meal Program. Requires each school board that Waiting for Governor Signature School Nutrition HB2068 Sam Rasoul Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program. EstablishesWaiting the Local for Food Governor and Farming Signature Infrastructure Grant Program and authorizes the Governor to award grants to political subdivisions from the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund as part of the Program. Such grants, in amounts up to $25,000, shall be awarded on a competitive basis to support infrastructure development projects that support local food production and sustainable farming. The bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to develop guidelines for the Program that favor projects that establish or maintain farmers markets; businesses or organizations that manage the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of food products primarily from local and regional producers; and primarily locally owned processing facilities. SOQ -Funding HB1929 School Equity and Staffing Act; Standards of Quality; work-based Left in Appropriations SOQ -Funding SB1257 Jennifer McClellan School Equity and Staffing Act; Standards of Quality; work-based SUBSTITUTE!! Waiting for Governor Signature SOQ- Funding Item 145 #18h Lashrecse Aird Eliminate Support Cap: $418.4 million the second year to Not in House-Senate Budgets SOQ- Funding Item 145 #20h VanValkenburg Require one full time principal be provided in elementary Not in House-Senate Budgets SOQ- Funding Item 145 #21h Require one full-time librarian be provided in every school with Not in House-Senate Budgets SOQ- Funding Item 145 #24h Wendy Gooditis Technology teachers. Two full-time positions per 750 students Not in House-Senate Budgets SOQ -Funding SJ294 , Jr. Study; JLARC; costs of education; report. Directs the Joint Passed Senate and House SOQ -Funding HJ549 Study; JLARC; impact of COVID-19 on Virginia's public schools, Left in Senate Rules SOQ -Funding SJ308 Louise Lucas Study; JLARC; impact of COVID-19 on Virginia's public schools, Passed Senate and House SOQ -Funding HJ548 Chris Hurst Constitutional amendment (first reference); education; public Left in Privileges & Elections SOQ -Funding SJ 275 Bill Stanley Constitutional amendment (first reference); public schools in Passed Senate. Tabled in Privileges Special Ed HB2277 Robert Bell Certain children with disabilities; one-year high school Left in Appropriations. In Budget Special Ed HB2211 Kenneth Plum Individualized education programs; identification of necessary Incorporated in HB2117-VanValkenburg Special Ed HB2117 Schuyler VanValkenburgChildren's Services Act; special education programs. Requires Waiting for Governor Signature Special Ed SB1313 Monty Mason Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires Waiting for Governor Signature Special Ed HB2299 Betsy Carr Training for school divisions on developing IEPs for children w/ Substitute. Passed House and Senate Special Ed HB2212 Kenneth Plum Children's Services Act; effective monitoring and Waiting for Governor Signature Special Ed Item 138 #1h-13h Kenneth Plum Suite of budget language amendments that implement JLARC Language in Budget Special Ed SB1288 Siobhan S. DunnavantDepartment of Education; special education. Requires the Passed Senate. Passed House Special Ed HB2238 Kaye Kory Licensed private schools for students with disabilities; Waiting for Governor Signature Special Ed SB1133 David Suetterlein Children's Services Act; eligibility for state pool of funds; pilot Passed by Indefinitely. In budget Teacher Pay HB1915 Martha Mugler Teacher compensation; at or above national average. Requires Left in Approp. SALARIES IN BUDGET

BILLS WATCHING WITH NO POSITION Boundaries HB2247 Lashrecse D. Aird School division boundaries; Removes several conditions on the Left in Education Testing HB2094 Israel D. O'Quinn Reduce Standards of Learning assessments. Reduces the total Left in Education Testing SB1401 Reduce Standards of Learning assessments. Reduces the total Passed Senate. Failed to Report from Sub Testing HB2027 New - Beginning and End of Year Testing Standard: reading and Passed House. Passed Senate Testing SB1357 Dunnavant New - Beginning and End of Year Testing Standard: Directs each Passed House. Passed Senate Gifted Ed HB2305 Governor Schools Diversity; guidance on the governance of Passed House. Failed Senate Ed-Health School Ops SB1303 Dunnavant Virtual and in-person learning. Requires each local school SUBSTITUTE Passed House and Senate