HB2278
School boards/division superintendent; review of accessibility challenges in local school division.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. School boards or division superintendents; review accessibility challenges in the local school division; report.
Requires each school board or division superintendent, in consultation with the Virginia Disability Commission and such other stakeholders as it deems appropriate, to review the extent to which (i) public elementary and secondary school buildings and grounds in the local school division present physical accessibility challenges and barriers for individuals ... (More) with disabilities, including challenges and barriers that may prevent such individuals from fully participating in school activities; (ii) challenges in access to programming and supports exist for individuals with disabilities at public elementary and secondary schools in the local school division; (iii) such schools have begun or plan to address and eliminate all such challenges and barriers; and (iv) state agencies can assist such schools to address and eliminate all such challenges and barriers and fully comply with all applicable state and federal laws. The bill requires each school board or division superintendent to report the findings of such review and any associated recommendations to the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2025. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104281D
- 01/08/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/18/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/18/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/21/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/27/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2278)
- 01/27/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/27/2025 - House: Education Amendments agreed to
- 01/27/2025 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/27/2025 - House: Printed as engrossed 25104281D-E
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N) Close Floor Vote
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/06/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25107615D-S1
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2278)
- 02/20/2025 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/20/2025 - House: House acceded to request
- 02/20/2025 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/20/2025 - House: Delegates: Price, Cohen, Phillips
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senators: Pekarsky, VanValkenburg, Head
- 02/22/2025 - Amended by conference committee
- 02/22/2025 - House: Conference substitute printed 25108007D-H1
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/2025 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 42-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2278ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: 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 - Approved by Governor-Chapter 566 (Effective 07/01/25)
- 03/24/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566)
