2O22 LEGISLATIVE
REPORT CARD Critical Education Bills From the 2022 General Assembly Session Reading VEA’s Report Card Key votes are listed across the top of each chart. A green check mark means the legislator voted with VEA on that bill; a red X means they voted against VEA’s position. NV means they did not cast a vote on the bill; AB means they abstained from voting; and LA means they were granted a leave of absence on the day the vote took place.
SB156. Would have increased the ratio of SOQ-funded EL teachers to 22 per 1,000 English learner students. EL teachers are currently funded at a ratio of 20 per 1,000 EL students. (S. vote: 2/14/22, 11:50AM) SB490. Improves SOQ staffing standards by requiring one full-time principal in every school. (S. vote: 6/17/22, 2:36PM; H. vote: 6/1/22) SB739. Exerts state control over local school divisions’ ability to move to virtual learning options and/or implement masking policies in emergencies that could affect the health and safety of students and staff. (S. vote: 2/15/22, 6:11PM; H. vote: 2/16/22) SJ1. Would have automatically restored voting rights to individuals who have completed incarceration for a felony conviction. Under current law, a person convicted of a felony must have their civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. (S. vote: 2/15/22, 5:56PM) HB9. Would have rolled back progress made in 2020 on teacher probationary terms and the threemember fact-finding panel. (H. vote: 1/25/22) HB319. Aims to improve literacy rates among K-3 students, improves SOQ staffing standards by requiring one reading specialist per 550 students in grades K through 3. (H. vote: 2/11/22; S. vote: 3/3/22, 2:18PM) HB356. Would have allowed the Board of Education to establish regional charter school divisions, expanding charter school authorization to unelected, unaccountable regional charter boards. (H. vote: 2/15/22) HB585. As introduced, would have reduced SOL assessments to the minimum requirement of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (S. vote: 3/7/22, 12:11PM, H. vote: 3/8/22) HB787. Would have declared it an unlawful and discriminatory practice to instruct on divisive concepts, as defined in the bill, and would have resulted in educators being targeted, harassed, and intimidated simply for doing their jobs and teaching our full history. (H. vote: 2/15/22) HB883. Would have repealed Virginia’s permissive collective bargaining law for public employees. (H. vote: 2/15/22)
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HB30 – Governor’s budget amendment #13. Would have supported flawed report calling for K-12 privatization, punitive accountability efforts, and igniting culture war issues to teach a whitewashed history. (H. vote: 6/17/22; S. vote: 6/17/22, 5:47PM) HB30 – Governor’s budget amendment #33. Expanded eligibility for college partnership laboratory school program, now allowing private entities to establish lab schools. (H. vote: 6/17/22; S. vote: 6/17/22, 7:52PM) HB30 – Governor’s budget amendment #34. Would have siphoned public funds to experimental lab schools by allowing students enrolled in lab schools to be counted as enrollees of the lab school for the purpose of distribution of state funding. (H. vote: 6/17/22; S. vote: 6/17/22, 7:55PM)
2O22 HOUSE OF DELEGATES HB9
Probationary period, grounds District Party for dismissal, dismissal hearings
Adams, D. Adams, L. Anderson Austin Avoli Bagby Ballard Batten Bell Bennett-Parker Bloxom Jr. Bourne Brewer Bulova Byron Campbell, J. Campbell, R. Carr Cherry Clark Convirs-Fowler Cordoza Coyner Davis Jr. Delaney Durant Edmunds II Fariss Filler-Corn Fowler Jr. Freitas Gilbert Glass Gooditis Greenhalgh Guzman Hayes Jr. Head Helmer Herring Hodges Hope Hudson Jenkins Keam Kilgore Knight Kory Krizek LaRock
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HB319 HB356 HB585 HB787 HB883 SB490 Virginia Literacy Act
Regional charter schools
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SB739
Amend 13 Amend 33 Amend 34
Reduce Divisive Repeal SOQs - Elimate local Wilder School SOL tests concepts permissive full-time decision re: research to federal collective principal emergencies, supporting requirements bargaining in every virtual learning, flawed report school masks
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College partnership lab schools - expand eligibility
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College partnership 2022 lab schools - Score funding
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2O22 HOUSE OF DELEGATES HB9
Probationary period, grounds District Party for dismissal, dismissal hearings
Leftwich Jr. Lopez Maldonado March Marshall III McGuire III McNamara McQuinn Morefield Mullin Mundon King Murphy O'Quinn Orrock Sr. Plum Price Ransone Rasoul Reid Robinson Roem Runion Scott Jr. Scott Sewell Shin Sickles Simon Simonds Subramanyam Sullivan Jr. Tata Taylor Torian Tran VanValkenburg Wachsmann Jr. Walker Wampler III Ward Ware Watts Webert Wiley Willett Williams Williams Graves Wilt Wright Jr. Wyatt
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HB319 HB356 HB585 HB787 HB883 SB490 Virginia Literacy Act
Regional charter schools
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SB739
Amend 13 Amend 33 Amend 34
Reduce Divisive Repeal SOQs - Elimate local Wilder School SOL tests concepts permissive full-time decision re: research to federal collective principal emergencies, supporting requirements bargaining in every virtual learning, flawed report school masks
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College partnership lab schools - expand eligibility
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College partnership 2022 lab schools - Score funding
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2O22 SENATE OF VIRGINIA SB156 Increase EL District Party teachers to 22 per 1,000 EL students
Barker Bell Boysko Chase Cosgrove, Jr. Deeds DeSteph Dunnavant Ebbin Edwards Favola Hackworth Hanger, Jr. Hashmi Howell Kiggans Lewis, Jr. Locke Lucas Marsden Mason McClellan McDougle McPike Morrissey Newman Norment, Jr. Obenshain Peake Petersen Pillion Reeves Ruff, Jr. Saslaw Spruill, Sr. Stanley, Jr. Stuart Suetterlein Surovell Vogel
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SB490 SOQs full-time principal in every school
SB739 Elimate local decision re: emergencies, virtual learning, masks
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SJ1 HB319 HB585 Reduce Constitutional Virginia amendment - Literacy Act SOL tests to federal restoration of requirements voting rights
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Amend 13 Wilder School research supporting flawed report
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Amend 33 Amend 34 College partnership lab schools - expand eligibility
College partnership lab schools funding
2022 Score
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