SB692
Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance, funding, duties, report.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 6, 2026
Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB692)
Chief Patron:
Dave Suetterlein (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance; funding; duties.
Makes several changes relating to the Western Virginia Public Education Consortium (the Consortium), including (i) clarifying that the establishment and maintenance of the Consortium is subject to the appropriation of funds by the General Assembly and providing that if the Western Virginia Public Education Consortium is not funded by a ... (More) separate appropriation in the general appropriation act for fiscal year 2027, it shall expire on January 1, 2027; (ii) adjusting the membership of the governing board of the Consortium to accurately reflect school division consolidation that occurred after the Consortium's initial establishment; (iii) changing the membership requirements of members of the Senate and the House of Delegates from enumerating the specific Senatorial or House Districts from which each member must be from to requiring each such member to represent a Senatorial or House District in which at least one of the counties or cities included in the Consortium pursuant to applicable law lies; and (iv) removing the requirement for the governing board of the Consortium to develop and maintain linkages with schools and school divisions in Northern Virginia to promote enhanced usage of educational technology.(Less)
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Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102793D
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB692)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107048D-S1
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB692)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/13/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/19/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/20/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108286D-H1
- 02/20/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB692)
- 02/24/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/25/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 02/26/2026 - House: Read third time
- 02/26/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/26/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/26/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- 03/03/2026 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/03/2026 - House: House requested conference committee
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Senate Conferees: Suetterlein, Aird, Perry
- 03/06/2026 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/06/2026 - House: House Conferees: Rasoul, Franklin, Ballard
- 03/11/2026 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 26109691D-S2
- 03/11/2026 - Conference Report released
- 03/12/2026 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/16/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB692)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB692ER)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/31/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/31/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
- 03/31/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
- 04/06/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB692)
