HB 1165 VA

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Board of Education; regulations; qualifications of division superintendents. Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulation that establishes the qualifications for division superintendents to (i) require the record of each candidate for the list of eligible division superintendents and the renewable division superintendent license under any of the four permitted options to attest to good character and demonstrated ability as an educational administrator and (ii) amend Option IV by requiring the candidate to have (a) completed five years of successful educational experience in a public school or an accredited nonpublic school, two years of which shall have been full-time teaching experience at the preK-12 level and two years of which shall have been in administration and supervision and (b) been recommended by a school board that is interested in employing the individual as division superintendent and that governs a school division with fewer than 2,000 enrolled students. The bill also provides that the requirements under Option IV that were in effect prior to the effective date of the bill shall apply to any individual who was employed as a division superintendent pursuant to Option IV as of such date and who maintains continuous employment as a division superintendent in any school division in the Commonwealth after such date.

• Nicole Cole Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104767D · lower
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
3. Jan 30, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
4. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1165) · lower
5. Feb 3, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N) · lower
7. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N) · lower
8. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · lower
10. Feb 9, 2026 committee amendments agreed to · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
12. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
13. Feb 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1165) · lower
14. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 11, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
16. Feb 19, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
17. Feb 19, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
18. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (9-Y 6-N) · upper
19. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
20. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
22. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Mar 2, 2026 Education and Health Amendment agreed to · upper
24. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 4, 2026 Senate amendment agreed to by House (62-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
27. Mar 11, 2026 Enrolled · lower
28. Mar 11, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1165ER) · lower
29. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1165) · lower
30. Mar 11, 2026 Signed by President · upper
31. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
32. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
33. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
34. Apr 13, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · executive

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.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senate Amendment · HTML
• Education and Health Amendment · HTML
• Education and Health Amendment · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Education Amendment · HTML
• Education Amendment · HTML
• K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML