HB 613 VA

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Department of Education; division superintendents; Teacher Recruitment and Retention Mentorship Pilot Program established; administration; report. Directs the Department of Education (the Department), in coordination with the Virginia Association of School Superintendents, to establish and administer the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Mentorship Pilot Program (the Program) for the purpose of supporting division superintendents of school divisions with high teacher vacancy rates in improving teacher recruitment and retention in such school division by coordinating the establishment of mentorships whereby a division superintendent of a low vacancy-rate school division is connected with a division superintendent of a high vacancy-rate school division to provide mentorship in developing and implementing plans, strategies, and best practices for improving teacher vacancy rates in the high vacancy-rate school division. The bill directs the Department, in coordination with the Virginia Association of School Superintendents, to implement policies and procedures for the establishment and administration of the Program, including policies for coordinating such mentorships, encouraging participation of division superintendents in the Program, and for Program oversight. The bill directs each division superintendent mentorship pair participating in the Program to annually submit to the Department a report on their activities for the preceding school year and any recommendations relating to improving the effectiveness of mentorships under the Program. Finally, the bill directs the Department to submit to the Governor and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1 of each year a report on the activities of the Program for the preceding school year. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2029.

• Laura Jane Cohen Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103236D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB613) · lower
4. Feb 5, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
5. Feb 10, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N) · lower
6. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 6-N) · lower
7. Feb 11, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education · lower
8. Feb 13, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
9. Feb 13, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) · lower
10. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
11. Feb 13, 2026 Reconsidered by Appropriations (Voice Vote) · lower
12. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
13. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107947D-H1 · lower
14. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
15. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · 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 (63-Y 34-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 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB613) · lower
23. Mar 5, 2026 Continued to next session 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.

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