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SB 685 — School bd. policies; communication & language accessibility for limited English proficient parents.

VA 20261 session

School boards; language access plan for limited English proficient parents. Requires each school board to develop, implement, and post in a publicly accessible location on its website a language access plan consisting of policies and procedures designed to ensure meaningful communication with and informational accessibility for limited English proficient (LEP) parents, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 1278.

Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter

Sponsors (2)
Action timeline (55)
  1. · senate · S4020 —
  2. · senate · S0401 —
  3. · senate · S0412 —
  4. · senate · S8120 —
  5. · senate · S8120 —
  6. · senate · S8120 —
  7. · senate · S8122 —
  8. · senate · S0407 —
  9. · senate · S8500 —
  10. · senate · S0505 —
  11. · senate · S4150 —
  12. · senate · S4140 —
  13. · senate · S4160 —
  14. · senate · S4160 —
  15. · senate · S4120 —
  16. · senate · S4212 —
  17. · senate · S4600 —
  18. · senate · S4602 —
  19. · senate · S5000 —
  20. · senate · S8500 —
  21. · house · H5220 —
  22. · house · H4110 —
  23. · house · H0901 —
  24. · house · H0918 —
  25. · house · H0908 —
  26. · house · H4640 —
  27. · senate · S8500 —
  28. · house · H4120 —
  29. · house · H4130 —
  30. · house · H4410 —
  31. · house · H4601 —
  32. · house · H5022 —
  33. · senate · S5432 —
  34. · house · H5520 —
  35. · house · H6010 —
  36. · senate · S6012 —
  37. · senate · S6011 —
  38. · senate · S6013 —
  39. · house · H6011 —
  40. · house · H6013 —
  41. · senate · S6015 —
  42. · C6038 —
  43. · house · H6015 —
  44. · senate · S5610 —
  45. · senate · S5601 —
  46. · senate · S5620 —
  47. · senate · S8500 —
  48. · senate · S7010 —
  49. · G7010 —
  50. · house · H5620 —
  51. · senate · S7010 —
  52. · G7010 —
  53. · G7050 —
  54. · G9998 —
  55. · G9998 —
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Who matters on this bill

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Stella G. Pekarsky (D, state_upper VA)sponsor0—5
2Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (D, state_upper VA)cosponsor0—1
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Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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