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HB1158Introduced in the House of Delegates

Career and technical education courses, pathways, and credentials; biennial review, report.

IntroducedHouse Education

Introduced by Wendell Walker, District 52

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Board of Education; career and technical education courses, pathways, and credentials; biennial review; report. Requires the Board of Education and the Virginia Board of Workforce Development, with the assistance of the Department of Workforce Development and Advancement, the Virginia Office of Education Economics, the Department of Education, the Virginia Community College System, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to conduct, beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 2026, and each odd-numbered year thereafter, a biennial review of all career and technical education course, pathway, and credential offerings available to public school students across the Commonwealth for the purpose of ensuring that all such career and technical education course, pathway, and credential offerings are (i) aligned with current and emerging industry and workforce needs, demands, and standards and (ii) designed to effectively prepare students for postsecondary success through gainful employment in a high-demand industry or field, enrollment in postsecondary education, or enlistment in the United States Armed Forces. The bill requires the Board of Education and the Virginia Board of Workforce Development to develop and submit to the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, and the chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by October 1 of each odd-numbered year, beginning with October 1, 2026, a report on each such biennial review.

Where it stands

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February 18, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101751D

  2. Referred to Committee on Education

  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1158)

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1158)

  5. Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

  6. Left in Education

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