SB955
Public schools; definitions, textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Senate: Communicated to Governor
Chief Patron:
Schuyler VanValkenburg (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Education; review of textbook review process to identify opportunities to include high-quality instructional materials.
Directs the Department of Education, in consultation with experienced teachers, division-level content specialists, and subject matter experts, to evaluate its current textbook review process for the purpose of identifying opportunities to include high-quality instructional materials and to submit a report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the ... (More) Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations by November 1, 2025. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104228D
- 01/06/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/16/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25104821D-S1
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25106456D-S2
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute rejected
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB955)
- 02/11/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/12/2025 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25106937D-H1
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB955)
- 02/14/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/17/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/17/2025 - House: Education Substitute agreed to
- 02/17/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2025 - House: Passed House with substitute (84-Y 11-N)
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 02/19/2025 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/19/2025 - House: House requested conference committee
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senators: VanValkenburg, Pekarsky, Pillion
- 02/20/2025 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/20/2025 - House: Delegates: Rasoul, Simonds, Coyner
- 02/21/2025 - Amended by conference committee
- 02/21/2025 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 25107827D-S3
- 02/21/2025 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (88-Y 8-N)
- 02/21/2025 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB955ER)
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB955)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/24/2025 - Senate: Governor's substitute printed (SB955S4)
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Communicated to Governor
