2021 GENERAL ASSEMBLY WATCH LIST UPDATED: Jan 31, 2021 KEY LEGISLATION

CATEGORY BILL # PATRON BILL TITLE _ TOPIC CROSS-OVER STATUS BUDGET BILL HB1800/SB1100 Torian / Howell $500M to stabilize education. Restore: $27M school counselors, $80M teacher comp, $16M early childhood, $15M VATI Broadband HB1923 Electric utilities; broadband capacity pilot program. Expands an Passed House. Senate Commerce & Labor Broadband SB1334 John Edwards Pilot program for broadband capacity; municipal broadband Passed Senate Broadband HB2214 Israel O'Quinn Broadband service territory maps. Requires the Commonwealth Communications Tech Innovation Broadband SB1225 Authorizes school boards to appropriate funds for the purposes Constitutional reading dispensed Broadband SB1462 Digital Equity Pilot Program w/SNAP. Requires the Department of SocialFInance Services & to Appropriations establish a 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 Public schools, child day programs, and certain other programs; Passed House. Senate Ed & Health Buildings HB2093 Israel O'Quinn Department of Education; School Construction Fund and Education: SOL SOQ Buildings SB1106 Bill Stanley Public School Assistance Fund and Program created. Creates the Constitutional reading dispensed Buildings SB1109 Bill Stanley Voter referendum; issuance of state general obligation bonds for Privileges and Elections Buses- Electric SB1380 Electric utilities; electric school bus projects; report. Authorizes Finance & Appropriations CTE HB2204 Eileen Filler-Corn Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program Passed House CTE SB1405 Richard Saslaw Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back (G3) Fund and Program Passed Ed to Finance & Approp. Curriculum HB1885 Comprehensive review of computer science standards, House 2nd reading Curriculum HB1905 Joshua Cole Economic education and financial literacy required in middle Passed House. Senate Ed & Health Curriculum HB2058 Shelly Simmonds STEM Education Advisory Board; established; report. Creates the Passed House. Senate Ed & Health Dyslexia HB1865 Reading intervention services. Certain students in kindergarten Passed House. Senate Ed & Health Early Childhood SB1316 Jennifer McClellan Child care providers; background check portability; subsidy FInance & Appropriations Early Childhood HB2086 John J. McGuire, III Child care providers; background checks; portability. Exempts Reported from Committee Early Childhood HB2206 Eileen Filler-Corn Child Care Assistance Program; emergency. Creates the COVID- House first reading Early Childhood Item 52 #3h /52 #1s Krizek / McClellan Children's Cabinet Advisor: Permanent position within the Appropriations Equity-Inclusion HB1904 Clinton Jenkins Teachers and other licensed school board employees; cultural Passed House. Senate Ed & Health Equity-Inclusion Item 145 #6h Academic Year Governor's School to post [on website] diversity Appropriations Health - Nurses HB1736 School personnel; school nurses. Excludes school nurse Passed House. 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 Passed House School Nutrition HB2135 Danica Roem Afterschool Meal Program. Requires each school board that Passed House School Nutrition HB2068 Sam Rasoul Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program. Establishes the Local FoodPassed and House Farming 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 Passed Ed to Approp. SOQ -Funding SB1257 Jennifer McClellan School Equity and Staffing Act; Standards of Quality; work-based Reported to Finance SOQ- Funding Item 145 #18h Lashrecse Aird Eliminate Support Cap: $418.4 million the second year to Appropriations SOQ- Funding Item 145 #20h VanValkenburg Require one full time principal be provided in elementary Appropriations SOQ- Funding Item 145 #21h Require one full-time librarian be provided in every school with Appropriations SOQ- Funding Item 145 #24h Wendy Gooditis Technology teachers. Two full-time positions per 750 students Appropriations SOQ -Funding SJ294 Lynwood Lewis, Jr. Study; JLARC; costs of education; report. Directs the Joint Senate Passed SOQ -Funding HJ549 Study; JLARC; impact of COVID-19 on Virginia's public schools, House Passed. Senate Rules SOQ -Funding SJ308 Louise Lucas Study; JLARC; impact of COVID-19 on Virginia's public schools, Senate Passed SOQ -Funding HJ548 Chris Hurst Constitutional amendment (first reference); education; public P&E Sub Constitutional Amendments SOQ -Funding SJ 275 Bill Stanley Constitutional amendment (first reference); public schools in Privileges and Elections Special Ed HB2277 Robert Bell Certain children with disabilities; one-year high school Education: SOL-SOQ Sub 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 Report from Appropriations Special Ed SB1313 Monty Mason Children's Services Act; special education programs. Requires Sent to Finance & Appropriations Special Ed HB2299 Betsy Carr Training for school divisions on developing IEPs for children w/ Report from Appropriations Special Ed HB2212 Kenneth Plum Children's Services Act; effective monitoring and House 2nd reading Special Ed Item 138 #1h-13h Kenneth Plum Suite of budget language amendments that implement JLARC Appropriations Special Ed SB1288 Siobhan S. DunnavantDepartment of Education; special education. Requires the Constitutional Reading Special Ed HB2238 Kaye Kory Licensed private schools for students with disabilities; 2nd Reading Special Ed SB1133 Children's Services Act; eligibility for state pool of funds; pilot Finance & Appropriations Teacher Pay HB1915 Martha Mugler Teacher compensation; at or above national average. Requires Appropriations