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School boards; transportation alternatives; two-year pilot in small school divisions. Permits certain school boards to pursue certain student transportation alternatives for the next two school years and requires such school boards to report certain data on the implementation of such initiatives. The bill sets forth certain parameters and requirements for any student transportation alternatives pursued by a school board pursuant to the bill, including a requirement that any entity with which a school board contracts or that any school board utilizes for the purpose of providing any transportation alternative or supplementing any traditional transportation services meet and comply with any state and federal laws and regulations applicable to traditional transportation services, including (i) school bus operator training, hiring, and employment requirements; (ii) minimum insurance coverage requirements for any vehicles provided or utilized for such purposes; and (iii) requirements relating to liability of the school board in the event of any accident, injury, or property damage resulting from the operation of any vehicles provided or utilized for such purposes. Finally, the bill requires the Department of Education to exclude from the re-benchmarking process any additional expenditures relating to school divisions that implement the pilot program pursuant to the bill. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027.
Introduced
Jan 17, 2025
Last Action
Mar 21, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0312)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 312 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2720ER)
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2720)
Enrolled
Reading of substitute waived
Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 3-N)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Read third time
Rules suspended
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2720)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Passed by for the day
Committee substitute printed 25107616D-S1
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 2-N 3-A)
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
Education Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Read second time
Read first time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2720)
Committee substitute printed 25106166D-H1
Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2720)
Presented and ordered printed 25101000D
Referred to Committee on Education
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0312)
Terry L. Austin
Ian T. Lovejoy