Appropriations - Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee Subcommittee Agenda

Chair: McQuinn, Delores L.

Meeting Date & Time: 02/09/2026 Immediately upon adjournment of the Appropriations - Compensation & Retirement Subcommittee Add to Calendar

Location: House Appropriations Committee Room - 1200

Active item: Meeting Adjourned

Video: Archived

Committee Clerk: 804-698-1942 (Jackson), 804-698-1590 (Karnes)

Analyst: (804) 698-1592

Bills Before the Subcommittee

Bill(s) Patron Title
HB195 McQuinn Programs for at-risk students; permissible uses of funding.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-199.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to programs for at-risk students; permissible uses of funding.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)

Yeas (7): McQuinn, Sewell, Herring, Price, Simonds, Wiley, McLaughlin

Related Bills:

SB33 (Favola - Programs for at-risk students; permissible uses of funding.)

Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee

Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)

HB362 Dougherty Public elementary and secondary student textbooks; print as primary curriculum basis.

Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-243.1, relating to Printed Textbook Pilot Program established.

Fiscal Impact

• Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)

Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee

Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)

HB412 Cole, N.T. Local governing bodies; school division budgets, funding levels.

Summary: A BILL to require the Joint Subcommittee to Study Elementary & Secondary Education Funding to study annual needs-based school board budgets; report.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)

Yeas (7): McQuinn, Sewell, Herring, Price, Simonds, Wiley, McLaughlin

Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)

HB592 Simonds Public schools; wearable panic alarm systems, grant program.

Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.4:1, relating to public schools; wearable panic alarm systems; grant program.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)

Yeas (7): McQuinn, Sewell, Herring, Price, Simonds, Wiley, McLaughlin

Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)

HB670 Maldonado Labor & employment provisions; application of law, protection of employees, definition of employer.

Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 40.1-2, 40.1-2.1, and 40.1-27.4 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 40.1-22.2 and 40.1-29.01, relating to labor and employment provisions; application of law; protection of employees; definition of employer.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)

Yeas (5): McQuinn, Sewell, Herring, Price, Simonds

Nays (2): Wiley, McLaughlin

Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)

HB1113 Nivar Culturally responsive & language-appropriate mental health support & services; guidance & policies.

Summary: A BILL to require guidance and permit policies governing the provision of culturally responsive and language-appropriate mental health support and services.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)

Yeas (7): McQuinn, Sewell, Herring, Price, Simonds, Wiley, McLaughlin

Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee

Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)

HB1278 Reaser SOQ; communication and language accessibility for limited English proficient parents, report.

Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 13.2 of Title 22.1 a section numbered 22.1-253.13:11, relating to Standards of Quality; school board policies; communication and language accessibility for limited English proficient parents; requirements; report.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)

Yeas (5): McQuinn, Sewell, Herring, Price, Simonds

Nays (2): Wiley, McLaughlin

Related Bills:

SB685 (Pekarsky - SOQ; communication and language accessibility for limited English proficient parents, report.)

Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)

HB1367 Reaser English language learner students; expenditures, annual data collection, report.

Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-23.7, relating to Department of Education; English language learner students; expenditures; data collection; report.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)

Yeas (5): McQuinn, Sewell, Herring, Price, Simonds

Nays (2): Wiley, McLaughlin

Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)

HB1470 Cole, N.T. Annual school division health insur. premium data collection & reporting; publication, requirement.

Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-81.1, relating to Department of Education; annual school division health insurance premium data collection and reporting; publication; requirements; regulations.

Fiscal Impact

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)

Yeas (7): McQuinn, Sewell, Herring, Price, Simonds, Wiley, McLaughlin

Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)