Teachers; daily student attendance records.
Summary
Public schools; record of student attendance. Requires a teacher in every public school in the Commonwealth to keep an accurate daily record of attendance of all children, both (i) at the beginning of the school day and (ii) if applicable, for each class period. Current law requires such a daily record of attendance but is silent on records of attendance for each class period.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025
Signed Mar 21, 2025
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MINOR
This bill updates the official chapter number and approval date for a Virginia law regarding student attendance data. It also changes the session year from 2025 to 2025, ensuring the document reflects the correct legislative timeline. No substantive policy changes, funding adjustments, or new requirements were introduced in this version.
TECHNICAL
The session year was updated from 2025 to 2025 to align with the current legislative session.
A specific chapter number (Chapter 293) was assigned to the act.
The approval date was updated to March 21, 2025.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
14
Committee
9
Amendments
5
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 293 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2601ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate amendment agreed to by House
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Education and Health Amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Appropriations Amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jackie Glass
DDemocratic
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