Public education; early childhood care and education, child care access calculations, report.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 22.1-289.03 of the Code of Virginia, relating to public education; early childhood care and education; child care access calculations; report.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Public education; early childhood care and education; child care access calculations; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish and maintain calculations for the provision of early childhood care and education services based on cost of quality rate per child, actual data from the prior year, an estimate of parental demand and choice preferences based on historic growth trends and current eligibility criteria, and an estimate of the number of slots to be added to support local or
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 6, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 457 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Mamie E. Locke
Recorded votes
Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-14 · P · Y 39, X 1
Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 12-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-14 · P · Y 85, N 12, X 2
Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 40
House substitute rejected by SenateSenate · 2026-02-27 · F · N 39, X 1
Passed House with substitute (93-Y 3-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-25 · P · Y 93, X 3, N 3
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-20 · P · Y 22
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 39, X 1
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 40
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 15
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-01-22 · P · Y 14, X 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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