ChangeBridge / Virginia / SB592 Signed by Governor 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 Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)