School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution.
Summary
School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution. Requires the grievance procedure for certain school board employees to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees before dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions. Current law requires such procedure to afford a timely and fair method of the resolution of disputes arising between the school board and such employees regarding dismissal or other disciplinary actions, excluding suspensions, but is silent on the timing of such dispute resolution. This bill is identical to HB 116.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 23, 2026
Signed Apr 6, 2026
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What changed between versions
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill has been formally enacted into law, changing its status from a proposed bill to an official chapter of the Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content regarding school board employee grievance procedures and public comment rights remains unchanged, though the text has been reformatted for the final publication.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it continues to govern school board employee grievance procedures and public participation in school board meetings.
TECHNICAL
Added the official chapter number (Chapter 68) and the approval date (April 6, 2026) to the header.
Removed the draft session header and replaced it with the final enacted session header.
Reformatted the text to include line breaks and spacing consistent with the final printed version of the Virginia Code.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 2, 2026
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 39
Feb 13, 2026
D
Democratic20
95% Yea
R
Republican19
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB824ER)
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (94-Y 5-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26104431D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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