HB 643 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

School Performance and Support Framework; Board of Education to consider certain changes, report.

Summary

Board of Education; School Performance and Support Framework; certain changes. Requires the Board of Education to consider certain enumerated changes to the School Performance and Support Framework that it adopted in order to implement its school accountability standards, including developing and applying new school performance label terminology that more clearly communicates school performance as part of a continuous scale and rebalancing the weight assigned to growth, at least equally with proficiency, to more fully account for each school's contribution to student learning. This bill incorporates HB 1323 and is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Signed Apr 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 649 during the 2026 session. The primary change is the addition of an approval date (April 13, 2026), while the core legislative text requiring the Board of Education to update its School Performance and Support Framework remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the formal status and approval date were updated.

TECHNICAL

Added the specific approval date of April 13, 2026, to the enrolled version of the act.

Removed the generic 'Approved' placeholder text found in the draft version.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2026

How they voted

36–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 39

Feb 27, 2026

D Democratic20

18 Yea 2

90% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 13, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 649 (effective 7/1/2026)

executive

Mar 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB643ER)

lower

Mar 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

upper

Feb 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

upper

Feb 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Public Education

upper

Feb 16, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Feb 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

House committee offered

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Education with amendment(s)

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

House subcommittee offered

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

lower

Jan 13, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors