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SB824 Senate Bill
Signed by Governor
2026-04-06

School board employee grievance procedure; timing of dispute resolution.

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 Details

State

Virginia

Session

2026 Regular Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB824

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Sponsors

Lamont Bagby (Sen - D)
Kannan Srinivasan (Sen - D)

Action History

2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (effective 7/1/2026)
2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (effective 7/1/2026)
2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-10 S Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
2026-03-05 S Signed by President
2026-03-05 H Signed by Speaker
2026-03-05 S Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB824)
2026-03-05 S Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB824ER)
2026-03-05 S Enrolled
2026-03-02 H Passed House (94-Y 5-N 0-A)
2026-03-02 H Read third time
2026-02-27 H Read second time
2026-02-25 H Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N)
2026-02-24 H Referred to Committee on Education
2026-02-24 H Read first time
2026-02-24 H Placed on Calendar
2026-02-16 S Blank Action
2026-02-16 S Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-16 S Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-16 S Rules suspended
2026-02-16 S Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
2026-02-16 S Read second time
2026-02-13 S Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
2026-02-13 S Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-13 S Rules suspended
2026-02-12 S Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2026-02-05 S Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2026-01-30 S Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB824)
2026-01-23 S Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2026-01-23 S Presented and ordered printed 26104431D

Votes

2026-02-12 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) Yea: 15 Nay: 0
2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 36 Nay: 0
2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 39 Nay: 0
2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 39 Nay: 0
2026-02-25 Reported from Education (19-Y 3-N) Yea: 19 Nay: 3
2026-03-02 Passed House (94-Y 5-N 0-A) Yea: 94 Nay: 5

Committee Referrals

2026-01-23 S Education and Health
2026-02-05 S Education: Public Education
2026-02-24 H Education

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-23 Introduced
2026-03-05 Enrolled

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