Virginia 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 181 — School counselors; decreases public school staffing ratios.

Last action — Continued to 2025 in Appropriations

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Public school staffing ratios; school counselors. Decreases from one to 325 to one to 250 the ratio of full-time equivalent school counselors required to be employed by each local school boardper student enrolled in the local school division.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Continued to 2025 in Appropriations

  2. Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025

  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB181)

  4. Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education

  5. Referred to Committee on Appropriations

  6. Reported from Education (17-Y 4-N)

  7. Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

  8. Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

  9. Assigned Education sub: K-12

  10. Referred to Committee on Education

  11. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101441D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Reported from Education (17-Y 4-N)

Passed 17 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 17401
Total 17401
% of votes cast 77%18%0%5%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Alex Q. Askew — Yea
Amy J. Laufer — Yea
Anne Ferrell Tata — Yea
Atoosa R. Reaser — Yea
Batten, Amanda E. — Nay
Briana D. Sewell — Yea
Convirs-Fowler, Kelly K. — Yea
Coyner, Carrie E. — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Ennis, N. Baxter — Yea
Eric R. Zehr — Nay
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Not Voting
Green, W. Chad — Yea
Laura Jane Cohen — Yea
LeVere Bolling, Destiny — Yea
Mike A. Cherry — Yea
Nadarius E. Clark — Yea
Phillip A. Scott — Nay
Rae Cousins — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Shelly A. Simonds — Yea
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — Nay

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Subjects

education
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 181 do?
Public school staffing ratios; school counselors. Decreases from one to 325 to one to 250 the ratio of full-time equivalent school counselors required to be employed by each local school boardper student enrolled in the local school division.
Who sponsors HB 181?
HB 181 is sponsored by Michael B. Feggans and Nadarius E. Clark.
What is the current status of HB 181?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 181?
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