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SB190Introduced in the Senate

Certified student support agencies; DOE to assess impact of developing program for students.

Passed

Introduced by Angelia Williams Graves, District 21

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Department of Education; assessment; certified student support agencies; report. Requires the Department of Education (the Department) to assess the impact of developing a program to provide student support programs to students enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school through certified student support agencies, as defined in the bill. The bill requires the Department, in conducting such assessment, to consider (i) a framework by which a certified student support agency would enter into a memorandum of understanding with a school board for the purpose of providing student support programs, as defined in the bill, and suggested components of such memorandums of understanding, such as (a) documentation establishing the organization's nonprofit status, (b) a description of each student support program that such organization provides, (c) policies and procedures relating to privacy, background checks, mandated reporting, and the transmission, collection, use, and disposal of student personal information, and (d) consent forms and procedures to be used by such student support programs to obtain the necessary consent from the parent of any student under 18 years of age; (ii) the feasibility of establishing and administering a certification process for certified student support agencies; (iii) potential compliance monitoring and enforcement mechanisms and subsequent penalties for noncompliance to ensure that each certified student support agency complies with such program; (iv) policies and procedures for the secure disposal of a student's personal information upon such student's withdrawal from a student support program, upon the cessation of any such program, or upon such student's graduation or transfer from the school division; and (v) cost estimates, including staffing needs, for the development and implementation of such program. The bill requires the Department to submit a report on its findings to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health and the House Committees on Appropriations and Education no later than November 1, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 178.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0574)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

8 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 14, 2026

39

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1Yes
Mark Obenshain2Yes
Chris Head3Yes
David Suetterlein4Yes
Travis Hackworth5Yes
Todd Pillion6Yes
William Stanley7Yes
Mark Peake8Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101635D

  2. Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  3. Assigned Education sub: Public Education

  4. Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

  5. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)

  6. Rules suspended

  7. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  8. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  9. Committee substitute printed 26107822D-S1

  10. Read second time

  11. Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

  12. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  13. Rules suspended

  14. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)

  15. Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)

  16. Placed on Calendar

  17. Read first time

  18. Referred to Committee on Education

  19. Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

  20. House subcommittee offered

  21. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)

  22. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB190)

  23. Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)

  24. Committee substitute printed 26108810D-H1

  25. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB190)

  26. Read second time

  27. Read third time

  28. Passed by temporarily

  29. Passed by for the day

  30. Read third time

  31. committee substitute agreed to

  32. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  33. Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A)

  34. House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)

  35. House insisted on substitute

  36. House requested conference committee

  37. Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  38. Conferees appointed by Senate

  39. Senate Conferees: Williams Graves, Favola, Peake

  40. Conferees appointed by House

  41. House Conferees: Anthony, LeVere Bolling, O'Quinn

  42. Conference Report released

  43. Conference report agreed to by House (66-Y 30-N 0-A)

  44. Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  45. Enrolled

  46. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB190ER)

  47. Signed by President

  48. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB190)

  49. Signed by Speaker

  50. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  51. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  52. Approved by Governor-Chapter 574 (effective 7/1/2026)

  53. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0574)

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