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SB592 Senate Bill
Signed by Governor
2026-04-06

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

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 a report on each such biennial review.

Bill Details

State

Virginia

Session

2026 Regular Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB592

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Sponsors

Lamont Bagby (Sen - D)

Action History

2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 347 (effective 7/1/2026)
2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-31 S Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
2026-03-31 H Signed by Speaker
2026-03-31 S Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB592)
2026-03-30 S Signed by President
2026-03-30 S Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB592ER)
2026-03-30 S Enrolled
2026-03-12 H Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-03-12 H Read third time
2026-03-11 H Read second time
2026-03-09 H Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2026-03-04 H Referred from Education and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 1-N)
2026-03-03 H Subcommittee recommends referring to Appropriations(9-Y 1-N)
2026-02-26 H Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2026-02-09 H Referred to Committee on Education
2026-02-09 H Read first time
2026-02-09 H Placed on Calendar
2026-02-04 S Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB592)
2026-02-03 S Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-02 S Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB592)
2026-02-02 S Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
2026-02-02 S Read second time
2026-01-30 S Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
2026-01-30 S Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-01-30 S Rules suspended
2026-01-29 S Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2026-01-22 S Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2026-01-14 S Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2026-01-14 S Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101752D

Votes

2026-01-29 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) Yea: 15 Nay: 0
2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 38 Nay: 0
2026-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 39 Nay: 0
2026-03-03 Subcommittee recommends referring to Appropriations(9-Y 1-N) Yea: 9 Nay: 1
2026-03-04 Referred from Education and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 1-N) Yea: 20 Nay: 1
2026-03-09 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) Yea: 22 Nay: 0
2026-03-12 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 96 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2026-01-14 S Education and Health
2026-01-22 S Education: Public Education
2026-02-09 H Education
2026-02-26 H Education: K-12
2026-03-04 H Appropriations

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-14 Introduced
2026-03-30 Enrolled

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