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HB955 • 2026

Certain student enrollment data; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to annually report.

An Act to require the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to annually report certain student enrollment data.

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Guzman
Last action
2026-04-13
Official status
Acts of Assembly Chapter
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Annual Student Enrollment Reports for Virginia's Public Colleges

This law requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to report yearly on student enrollment data at public colleges in the state.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to create an annual report about students enrolled at public higher education institutions, including information about Virginia, non-Virginia, and international students.
  • The council must send this report by February 1st every year to the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
  • Public colleges and universities in Virginia

Terms To Know

Council
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, which oversees public higher education institutions.
Chairs
Leaders of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health in Virginia's legislature.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a report is late or missing.
  • It does not say how the data will be used after it is reported.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 7/1/2026)

  2. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714)

  3. 2026-03-10 House

    Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026

  4. 2026-03-10 Governor

    Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  5. 2026-03-09 House

    Signed by Speaker

  6. 2026-03-09 Senate

    Signed by President

  7. 2026-03-09 House

    Enrolled

  8. 2026-03-09 House

    Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB955ER)

  9. 2026-03-09 House

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB955)

  10. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Read third time

  11. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  12. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Rules suspended

  13. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Passed by for the day

  14. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)

  15. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  16. 2026-02-26 Education and Health

    Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

  17. 2026-02-23 Higher Education

    Assigned Education sub: Higher Education

  18. 2026-02-16 Senate

    Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  19. 2026-02-16 Education and Health

    Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  20. 2026-02-13 House

    Read third time and passed House (88-Y 7-N 0-A)

  21. 2026-02-12 House

    Read second time

  22. 2026-02-12 House

    committee substitute agreed to

  23. 2026-02-12 House

    Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  24. 2026-02-11 Education

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB955)

  25. 2026-02-11 House

    Read first time

  26. 2026-02-09 Education

    Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 1-N)

  27. 2026-02-09 Education

    Committee substitute printed 26106928D-H1

  28. 2026-02-04 Early Childhood and Innovation

    House subcommittee offered

  29. 2026-02-04 Early Childhood and Innovation

    Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)

  30. 2026-01-30 Early Childhood and Innovation

    Assigned HED sub: Early Childhood and Innovation

  31. 2026-01-29 House

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB955)

  32. 2026-01-13 House

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104278D

  33. 2026-01-13 Education

    Referred to Committee on Education

Official Summary Text

State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education; certain annual student demographic data; report.
Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to annually report on the enrollment of Virginia students, non-Virginia students, and international students at each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth and submit a report of its findings to the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than February 1 each year.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
An Act to require the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to annually report certain student enrollment data.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1.
§ 1. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (the Council) shall annually report on the enrollment of Virginia students, non-Virginia students, and international students at each public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. The Council shall submit a report of its findings to the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than February 1 each year.