HB211
Head start, etc., Head Start State Collaboration Office to develop for endorsement a report, etc.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 9, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Chief Patron:
Debra Gardner (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Head Start State Collaboration Office; state of Head Start and Early Head Start in the Commonwealth; report.
Requires the Head Start State Collaboration Office at the Department of Education, no later than December 1, 2026, to develop and recommend to the Commission on Early Childhood Care and Education for endorsement a report summarizing the state of Head Start and Early Head Start in the Commonwealth that is ... (More) required to address several enumerated topics. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103783D
- 01/07/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/20/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/20/2026 - House: Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation
- 01/23/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/28/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/28/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB211)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/02/2026 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26105871D-H1
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/05/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/05/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (65-Y 32-N 0-A)
- 02/09/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB211)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
