School boards; certain advanced or accelerated mathematics opportunities.
Summary
Certain advanced or accelerated mathematics opportunities; policies and criteria for enrollment; data reporting. Requires each school board to develop and adopt a policy that sets forth the criteria for students in grades five through eight to be eligible to enroll in advanced or accelerated mathematics and requires each such policy to provide for (i) the automatic enrollment of certain students in advanced or accelerated mathematics based on Standards of Learning assessment scores, subject to course offerings and availability and the opportunity for parental opt-out; (ii) multiple additional pathways to student enrollment in advanced or accelerated mathematics; and (iii) an annual parental notification relating to mathematics coursework. The bill also requires each school board to report and the Department of Education to post on its website certain data relating to advanced or accelerated mathematics participation and performance.
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 16, 2025
Signed Mar 21, 2025
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Education and Health Substitute
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Chaptered
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This bill was converted from a Senate substitute version to a chaptered (enacted) version of HB 2686. The substantive policy content remains identical, establishing requirements for Virginia school boards to create policies for advanced mathematics enrollment for grades 5-8, including automatic enrollment for students in the top quartile of math assessments, parental opt-out rights, and data reporting requirements.
TECHNICAL
Formatting and layout changes from draft substitute format to final chaptered format, including removal of amendment headers and addition of chapter number and approval date.
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
37
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 309 (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 (HB2686ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (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
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 25105181D
lower
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Katrina Callsen
DDemocratic
Co
Adele McClure
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Laufer
DDemocratic
Co
Carrie Coyner
RRepublican
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Destiny LeVere Bolling
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
Co
Jackie Glass
DDemocratic
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