Virginia General Assembly Bills and Issues

SB394

AI use in instructional settings; AI Innovation in Education Pilot Program established, report.
Chief Patron: Stella Pekarsky
Status: Passed

SB427

High school graduation requirements; history and social studies credits.
Chief Patron: Lamont Bagby
Status: Passed

3 Close Floor Votes

SB428

School crossing zones; expands definition to include higher educational institutions.
Chief Patron: Lamont Bagby
Status: Killed

SB450

Public school teacher licensure requirement; comprehensive review of alt. licensure pathway, report.
Chief Patron: Lamont Bagby
Status: Passed

SB491

Public schools; right to free public elementary and secondary education, discrimination, etc.
Chief Patron: Stella Pekarsky
Status: Passed

3 Close Floor Votes

SB498

School Construction and Modernization, Commission on; revisions, elimination of sunset.
Chief Patron: Lashrecse Aird
Status: Passed

SB529

Public schools; school security and discipline, employment of school security officers, training.
Chief Patron: Danny Diggs
Status: Passed

SB560

Public elementary schools, etc.; student participation in sports, civil cause of action.
Chief Patron: Bryce Reeves
Status: Killed

SB561

Public schools; reasonable accommodation based on biological sex required, civil cause of action.
Chief Patron: Bryce Reeves
Status: Killed

SB563

Public elementary and secondary schools; parent's right to opt children out of certain ed. content.
Chief Patron: Glen Sturtevant
Status: Killed

SB568

Public schools; addictive potential of time spent using certain electronic devices.
Chief Patron: Glen Sturtevant
Status: Passed

SB603

School boards; policies relating to volunteer student life counseling and support services.
Chief Patron: Bryce Reeves
Status: In House

SB607

Sales and use tax; additional local tax to support schools, referendum.
Chief Patron: Louise Lucas
Status: Killed

SB639

Motor vehicle registration; authority of school division to request numbers.
Chief Patron: Richard Stuart
Status: In Senate

SB656

Standards of Quality; class size limits, exception for certain ensemble music classes, definition.
Chief Patron: Tara Durant
Status: In House

SB685

SOQ; communication and language accessibility for limited English proficient parents, report.
Chief Patron: Stella Pekarsky
Status: Passed

3 Close Floor Votes

SB692

Western Virginia Public Education Consortium; governance, funding, duties.
Chief Patron: Dave Suetterlein
Status: Passed

SB695

School Boards; employment of school resource officers, enhanced retirement benefits.
Chief Patron: Emily Jordan
Status: Killed

SB703

Public elem. and sec. schools and higher ed. institutions; student participation in women's sports.
Chief Patron: Tara Durant
Status: Killed

SB724

High school grad. requirements & diploma pathways; consistency for cohorts of ninth grade students.
Chief Patron: Christopher Head
Status: Passed

SB732

Income tax, state; nonpublic and public school tax credits.
Chief Patron: Glen Sturtevant
Status: Killed

SB733

Local government; appropriation of local school funds to families for compulsory student attendance.
Chief Patron: Glen Sturtevant
Status: Killed

SB757

Va. African American, Asian American, etc., & Indigenous Ed. Advisory Board; established, report.
Chief Patron: Kannan Srinivasan
Status: Killed

SB785

Teacher, other instructional personnel, etc., exits; data collection, disaggregation by race.
Chief Patron: Jennifer Carroll Foy
Status: Passed

2 Close Floor Votes

SB815

School bds.; opening of school year, certain alternative schedules & schedule flexibility permitted.
Chief Patron: Dave Suetterlein
Status: Passed