HB 1983 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Board of Education; support services personnel; annual collection of certain staffing data required; report.

Summary
Board of Education; support services personnel; annual collection of certain staffing data required; report. Requires (i) each school board to, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, annually collect and submit to the Department of Education a report on data on the average salaries of support services personnel, as that term is defined in the bill, employed by the school board and (ii) the Department to, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, annually compile such data, include it in the Annual School Report, and publicly post it on the Department's website. The bill requires each school board and the Department to disaggregate the data by career categories of support services personnel and specialized student support personnel as set forth in applicable law. This bill is identical to SB 968.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 564 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content remains unchanged from the enrolled version, requiring school boards to collect and report average salary data for support services personnel.
Scope change
No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability to school boards and data collection requirements remain identical.
TECHNICAL

Added official chapter number (Chapter 564) and approval date (March 24, 2025) to formalize the bill as enacted law.

Changed formatting from 'ENROLLED' to 'VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY - 2025 SESSION' to reflect official publication standards.

Adjusted line breaks and spacing in the text body for proper publication formatting; no policy changes.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 21, 2025

How they voted

380
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Feb 7, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
17 Yea 2
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 564 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1983ER)
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Alex Askew
Alex Askew
DDemocratic
VA
95