HB1331
School division accessibility challenges and barriers; summary, and plan, report.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 11, 2026
House: Continued to next session in Education (Voice Vote)
Chief Patron:
Cia Price (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. School division accessibility challenges and barriers; reports, summary, and plan.
Requires each school board or division superintendent to review and report to the Department of Education no later than August 1, 2026, certain challenges and barriers relating to the accessibility of public elementary and secondary school buildings and grounds in the local school division. The bill requires the Department to ... (More) consolidate all such reports into a summary document and submit (ii) such document, (iii) a plan for achieving full compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 across all school divisions in the Commonwealth, and (iii) any legislative and budgetary recommendations for fully executing such plan to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the House Committee on Education no later than November 1, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/18/2026 - House: Presented and ordered printed 26105367D
- 01/18/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/05/2026 - House: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 02/06/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/10/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/11/2026 - House: Continued to next session in Education (Voice Vote)
