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SB 90 VA
Introduced

Equity in public school funding and staffing; At-Risk Program established, Standards of Quality.

VA · session 2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Dec 31, 2025

Latest action (Feb 10, 2026) Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

Summary

Public schools; Standards of Quality; certain calculations; At-Risk Program established. The bill establishes (i) the At-Risk Program for the purpose of supporting programs and services for students who are educationally at-risk, including programs and services of prevention, intervention, or remediation; (ii) a state-funded, flexible per pupil Standards of Quality funding add-on to be applied for each special education student, calculated in accordance with the provisions of the bill, for the purpose of better meeting the educational needs of students with disabilities; and (iii) a state-funded, flexible per-pupil Standards of Quality funding add-on to be provided for each English language learner student, calculated in accordance with the provisions of the bill, for the purpose of better meeting the educational needs of English language learner students. The bill also establishes requirements and conditions for each school division receiving funding pursuant to the At-Risk Program or either of the per pupil Standards of Quality funding add-ons established pursuant to the bill, including a requirement that each such school division annually report to the Department of Education on the planned and actual uses of such funds. The bill directs the Department to annually compile and publish on its website a summary of the reports received from each school division on the use of such funds. Finally, the bill authorizes the Department, upon providing notice and an opportunity for corrective action, withhold, recover, or redirect funds provided pursuant to the bill from any school division found to be in noncompliance with the requirements set forth in the bill.

Sponsor (1)

2 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (10)

  1. Dec 31, 2025 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102657D · upper
  2. Dec 31, 2025 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
  3. Jan 15, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
  4. Jan 22, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
  5. Jan 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB90) · upper
  6. Jan 29, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
  7. Jan 29, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
  8. Jan 30, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26105883D-S1 · upper
  9. Feb 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB90) · upper
  10. Feb 10, 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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