HB 497 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Special education and related services; superintendent to annually collect, etc., certain data.

Summary

Division superintendents; certain special education eligibility data; posting or presentation. Requires each division superintendent to annually collect, summarize, and either post in a conspicuous and publicly accessible manner on the division website or present to the local school board at a public meeting of such board data from cases in which (i) individualized education program (IEP) teams determined that a student is not eligible to receive special education and related services as a student with a disability pursuant to relevant federal and state laws and regulations and (ii) any complaint or dispute procedure that resulted from such determination of ineligibility. The bill requires each such posting or presentation to comply with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and all other applicable state and federal laws and regulations relating the protection and privacy of students' personally identifiable information.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Mar 5, 2026

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What changed between versions

Education Substitute → K-12 Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute · 2 edits

MINOR

This document shows a formatting and layout change to a legislative bill rather than substantive policy changes. The bill text itself remains identical, with the same requirements for collecting special education ineligibility data. The changes primarily involve document structure, header formatting, and page numbering rather than any modifications to the bill's actual content or requirements.

TECHNICAL

Document formatting changed from a simple header layout to a more structured multi-page format with additional spacing, page numbers, and session information. The actual bill text content remains unchanged.

Added document identification numbers (26106249D, HB497HC2) and timestamp information that were not present in the original version.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

60–25

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 87

Feb 17, 2026

D Democratic52

51 Yea 1

98% Yea

R Republican35

9 Yea 25 Nay 1

71% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 26, 2026

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Public Education

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (71-Y 26-N 0-A)

lower

Feb 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Education with substitute (17-Y 4-N)

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

House subcommittee offered

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Committee

Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

lower

Jan 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors