HB 1373 VA

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Department of Education; assessment; utilization of funds for regional special education students; report. Requires the Department of Education (the Department), in collaboration with the Office of Children's Services, staff from the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees, and such other stakeholders as the Department deems appropriate, to assess potential enhancements and strategies to maximize utilization of funds designated for regional special education students, commonly referred to as the Students with Intensive Support Needs Application program, in order to decrease the number of referrals of students with disabilities into private day school placements. The bill requires the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations no later than December 15, 2026.

• Stacey Annie Carroll · primary

1. Jan 20, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26105579D · lower
2. Jan 20, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 21, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1373) · 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 and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N) · lower
7. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 4-N) · lower
8. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107456D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 11, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education · lower
10. Feb 13, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) · lower
11. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
12. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107948D-H2 · lower
13. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
14. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
15. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute rejected · lower
16. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
17. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
18. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 31-N 0-A) · lower
19. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
20. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
21. Feb 26, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
22. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1373) · lower
23. Mar 5, 2026 Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) · upper
24. Mar 6, 2026 Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-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.

• Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Elementary & Secondary Education Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Elementary & Secondary Education Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• 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