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SB 174 VA
Introduced

Virginia Student Teacher Scholarship Program; established, report.

VA · session 2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 8, 2026

Latest action (Feb 3, 2026) Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

Summary

Virginia Student Teacher Scholarship Program established; report. Establishes the Virginia Student Teacher Scholarship Program, to be administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in coordination with the Department of Education, whereby a student teacher who (i) is completing a required supervised clinical practice through a traditional educator preparation program in the Commonwealth, (ii) is assigned to complete such supervised clinical practice at a public elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth without pay, and (iii) applies and meets certain eligibility criteria shall be awarded a scholarship in an amount not to exceed $7,500 per each supervised clinical practice experience to assist with expenses incurred during the supervised clinical practice. The bill contains provisions relating to Program administration and requires the Council to submit and publish an annual report containing certain Program data.

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Action history (8)
  1. Jan 8, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102093D · upper
  2. Jan 8, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
  3. Jan 15, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
  4. Jan 22, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
  5. Jan 22, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
  6. Jan 23, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26105909D-S1 · upper
  7. Feb 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB174) · upper
  8. Feb 3, 2026 Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper

Text versions (6)

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  • Education and Health Substitute · PDF
  • Education and Health Substitute · HTML
  • Education and Health Substitute · PDF
  • Education and Health Substitute · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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