Virginia Senate Bill 54
Session 2024
Early childhood care and education system; need- and demand-based funding.
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Apr 8, 2024
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
54
State
Virginia
Session
2024
Motion Text
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate Roll Call Votes
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Summary
Early childhood care and education system;publicly funded providers; funding formula; educator incentive; nonrevertingfund to capture unspent Virginia Preschool Initiative balances. Requires the Department of Education to (i) establish and maintaina funding formula for publicly funded early childhood care and educationproviders that establishes the minimum funding and number of slotsper biennium for such providers based on a cost of quality rate perchild, actual data from the prior year, unserved waitlists, and agrowth rate differential based on growth in prior biennia; (ii) administeran early childhood educator incentive program to be known as RecognizeB5whereby a monetary incentive is provided to teachers who work directlywith children for at least 30 hours per week at publicly funded providersthat participate in the uniform measurement and improvement systemknown as VQB5, with the exception of teachers who are employed bylocal school boards; and (iii) administer and make distributions,for the purpose of providing early childhood care and education services,from the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund established in thebill, to which all unspent balances from the Virginia Preschool Initiativeat the end of each fiscal year are required to be credited insteadof reverting to the general fund.
Early childhood care and education system; need-based and demand-based funding. Requires, for the purpose of addressing family demand and preferences for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education services, state general funds to be provided to support the provision of services to families for early childhood care and education, as specified in the general appropriation act. The bill requires the Department of Education to report each year by November 15 on the projected general funds needed for the upcoming two fiscal years based on cost of quality rate per child in order to (i) maintain the current number of slots at early childhood care and education programs, (ii) increase the number of slots using a projected growth report, and (iii) increase the number of slots to fully accommodate parent demand and eliminate waitlists. The bill requires such projected general funds to be based on the annual per-child cost, determined as set forth in the bill, for the Virginia Preschool Initiative, the Mixed Delivery Program, and the Child Care Subsidy Program, the current eligibility criteria for such programs, and maximization of certain regularly recurring federal funds. The bill requires each regional entity established by the Board of Education pursuant to applicable law, each local school division, and each locality to annually indicate the number of slots needed, respectively, in the region for the Mixed Delivery Program, the local school division for the Virginia Preschool Initiative, and the locality for the Child Care Subsidy Program. The bill requires the Department of Education to (a) reallocate by July 1 any slots with available funding from the Child Care Subsidy Program and the Mixed Delivery Program, (b) make adjustments based on family preferences following the fall enrollment periods, and (c) first expend all current-year state general funds in providing funding for slots. This bill is identical to HB 419.
Early childhood care and education system;publicly funded providers; funding; Early Childhood Care and Education Fund established.Requires, for the purpose of addressing family demand and preferences for affordable, high-quality early childhood care and education services, state general funds to be provided to support the provision of services to families for early childhood care and education, as specified in the general appropriations act. The bill requires the Department of Education to report each year by November 1 on the projected general funds needed for the upcoming two fiscal years in order to (i) maintain the current number of slots at early childhood care and education programs, (ii) increase the number of slots using a projected growth report, and (iii) increase the number of slots to fully accommodate parent demand and eliminate waitlists. The bill requires such projected general funds to be based on the annual per-child cost, determined as set forth in the bill, for the Virginia Preschool Initiative, the Mixed Delivery Program, and the Child Care Subsidy Program, the current eligibility criteria for such programs, and maximization of certain regularly recurring federal funds. The bill requires each regional entity established by the Board of Education pursuant to applicable law, each local school division, and each locality to annually indicate the number of slots needed, respectively, in the region for the Mixed Delivery Program, the local school division for the Virginia Preschool Initiative, and the locality for the Child Care Subsidy Program. The bill requires the Department of Education to (a) reallocate by July 1 any slots with available funding from the Child Care Subsidy Program and the Mixed Delivery Program, (b) make adjustments based on family preferences following the fall enrollment periods, (c) first expend all current-year state general funds in providing funding for slots, and (c) if waitlists for slots at early childhood care remain, use available funds from the Early Childhood Care and Education Fund established by the bill to address family demand and preferences.
Committee substitute printed 24105109D-S1
January 25, 2024
Committee substitute printed 24107527D-S2
February 8, 2024
Committee substitute printed 24107936D-H1
February 26, 2024
Conference substitute printed 24109104D-S3
March 8, 2024
SB54ER
March 25, 2024
Amendment: SB54AC
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB54FS1122.PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB54FH1122.PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB54FER122.PDF
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04/08/2024
Office of the Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757)
04/08/2024
Office of the Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 757 (effective 7/1/24)
03/31/2024
Senate
Impact statement from DPB (SB54ER)
03/27/2024
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
03/27/2024
Senate
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
03/26/2024
House
Signed by Speaker
03/25/2024
Senate
Signed by President
03/25/2024
Senate
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB54ER)
03/25/2024
Senate
Enrolled
03/08/2024
House
VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 3-N)
03/08/2024
House
Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 3-N)
03/08/2024
Senate
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
03/08/2024
Senate
Conference substitute printed 24109104D-S3
03/08/2024
Virginia General Assembly
Amended by conference committee
03/07/2024
House
Delegates: Sewell, Gardner, Griffin
03/07/2024
House
Conferees appointed by House
03/06/2024
Senate
Senators: Locke, Aird, Durant
03/06/2024
Senate
Conferees appointed by Senate
03/06/2024
Senate
Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
03/05/2024
House
House requested conference committee
03/05/2024
House
House insisted on substitute
03/04/2024
Senate
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
02/29/2024
House
VOTE: Passage (90-Y 9-N)
02/29/2024
House
Passed House with substitute (90-Y 9-N)
02/29/2024
House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB54H1
02/29/2024
House
Committee substitute agreed to 24107936D-H1
02/29/2024
House
Read third time
02/28/2024
House
Read second time
02/26/2024
Senate
Impact statement from DPB (SB54H1)
02/26/2024
House
Committee substitute printed 24107936D-H1
02/26/2024
House
Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 5-N)
02/21/2024
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
02/15/2024
House
Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood
02/15/2024
House
Referred to Committee on Education
02/15/2024
House
Read first time
02/15/2024
House
Placed on Calendar
02/12/2024
Senate
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/12/2024
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
02/12/2024
Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB54S2
02/12/2024
Senate
Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 24107527D-S2
02/12/2024
Senate
Reading of substitute waived
02/12/2024
Senate
Education and Health Committee substitute rejected 24105109D-S1
02/12/2024
Senate
Read second time
02/09/2024
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/08/2024
Senate
Committee substitute printed 24107527D-S2
02/08/2024
Senate
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
01/30/2024
Senate
Impact statement from DPB (SB54S1)
01/25/2024
Senate
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/25/2024
Senate
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
01/25/2024
Senate
Committee substitute printed 24105109D-S1
01/25/2024
Senate
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
01/18/2024
Senate
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/10/2024
Senate
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
12/22/2023
Senate
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
12/22/2023
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101513D
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Record Created
Dec 23, 2023 6:00:35 PM
Record Updated
May 1, 2024 12:20:28 AM