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HB 1171 VA
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Standard Diploma; Board of Education shall develop alternative graduation pathways to earn.

VA · session 2027 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Jul 21, 2026) Continued from last session

Summary

This bill would direct the Virginia Board of Education to develop alternative graduation pathways for students to earn a standard diploma. Currently, students typically follow a traditional academic pathway to complete diploma requirements. Alternative pathways could include career and technical education routes, competency-based learning, project-based learning, work-based learning, or other non-traditional options. The Board would be required to develop and report on these alternative pathways so that students have multiple ways to earn a standard diploma.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

A BILL to direct the Board of Education to develop alternative graduation pathways to earn a standard diploma; report.

Sponsor (1)
2 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (22)
  1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101631D · lower
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
  3. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
  4. Jan 27, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) · lower
  5. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) · lower
  6. Jan 28, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1171) · lower
  7. Jan 30, 2026 Read first time · lower
  8. Feb 2, 2026 Passed by for the day · lower
  9. Feb 3, 2026 Floor substitute printed 26107051D-H1 (Rasoul) · lower
  10. Feb 3, 2026 Floor offered Delegate Rasoul Substitute · lower
  11. Feb 3, 2026 Read second time · lower
  12. Feb 3, 2026 committee amendments rejected · lower
  13. Feb 3, 2026 Delegate Rasoul Floor substitute agreed to · lower
  14. Feb 3, 2026 Engrossed by House - floor substitute · lower
  15. Feb 4, 2026 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N 0-A) · lower
  16. Feb 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
  17. Feb 5, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
  18. Feb 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1171) · lower
  19. Feb 26, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
  20. Mar 5, 2026 Continued to next session in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) · upper
  21. Mar 5, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
  22. Jul 21, 2026 Continued from last session · upper

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