In December 2020, the Virginia Department of Education submitted “A Plan to Implement Comprehensive Early Childhood Reporting" to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriation Committees. Following this report, the 2021 Appropriations Act language was revised to include the request that an annual progress update be provided to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriation Committees by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). This report was included once again in House Bill 30 (Chapter 2) of the 2022 Special Session I, Item 137 C.14.j.5).

The following Annual Update will provide a summary of the progress that has been made in developing and implementing an approach for comprehensive early childhood reporting for publicly-funded early childhood programs in 2022, as well as the barriers that remain.