HB 497 VA

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Division superintendents; certain special education eligibility data; posting or presentation. Requires each division superintendent to annually collect, summarize, and either post in a conspicuous and publicly accessible manner on the division website or present to the local school board at a public meeting of such board data from cases in which (i) individualized education program (IEP) teams determined that a student is not eligible to receive special education and related services as a student with a disability pursuant to relevant federal and state laws and regulations and (ii) any complaint or dispute procedure that resulted from such determination of ineligibility. The bill requires each such posting or presentation to comply with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and all other applicable state and federal laws and regulations relating the protection and privacy of students' personally identifiable information.

• Elizabeth R. Guzman Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104091D · lower
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB497) · lower
4. Feb 5, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
5. Feb 10, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 10, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) · lower
7. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 4-N) · lower
8. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106249D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB497) · lower
10. Feb 13, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
13. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
14. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (71-Y 26-N 0-A) · lower
15. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
16. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
17. Feb 26, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
18. Mar 5, 2026 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• Education Substitute · PDF
• Education Substitute · HTML
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML