2024 General Assembly Session

School Board/Governance Related Legislation

Fairfax County Public Schools, Office of Government Relations

This page tracks all the School Board/Governance related legislation considered during the 2024 General Assembly Session. Summaries are linked to the Division of Legislative Services’ web pages for text, up to date summary information, and fiscal impact statements. If a bill of interest is not found in one category, please check another as legislation often can fit under multiple categories.

Legislation signed by the Governor will go into effect on July 1, 2024 unless otherwise specified in the legislation itself.

UPDATED: 01/21/2024

School Board/Governance – ACTIVE

Bill #Catch LinePatronDate Routed
HB18Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, penalties.Helmer01/03/2024
HB69Vacancies in elected local offices; interim appointments, notice requirement.Bulova01/03/2024
HB131Pandemic recovery task force; Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish, report.Convirs-Fowler01/03/2024
HB168Department of Education; resource document on supports and services for homeless students.Keys-Gamarra01/03/2024
SB7Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, penalties.Reeves01/03/2024
SB36Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of meetings.Locke01/03/2024
SB37Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence, parental notification.McGuire01/03/2024
SB83Home instruction; parents; criteria.McGuire01/03/2024
SB85Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of 'caregiver;' remote participation in meetings.Favola01/03/2024
HB194Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act; members of Space Force.Martinez01/08/2024
HB229Legal notices; locality to advertise on their website.Campbell01/08/2024
HB253School boards; enrolled students present at meetings, public comment or citizen participation.Cole01/08/2024
HB265Removal of public officers from office; petition requirements, procedure.Simon01/08/2024
SB120Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, penalties.Subramanyam01/08/2024
HB 417Vacancies in elected local offices; timeliness of special election to fill vacancy.Convirs-Fowler01/09/2024
HB 443Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain meetings, hearings.Williams01/09/2024
HB 498School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of firearms in the household.Cohen01/09/2024
HB 502Nonbinary sex or gender designation option.Cohen01/09/2024
HB 625Public education; community schools; Office of Community Schools at Department of Education.Rasoul01/09/2024
HB 626Public schools; certain local school divisions; youth and community violence prevention.Rasoul01/09/2024
HB 659Public schools; open school enrollment policies and guidance.Ballard01/09/2024
HB 667Virginia Education Success Account Program established.Freitas01/09/2024
HB 670Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence; parental notification.Freitas01/09/2024
HB 671Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public body; revenueFreitas01/09/2024
HJ 21Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education.Seibold01/09/2024
HJ 24Study; joint subcommittee; Dillon Rule; report.Helmer01/09/2024
SB 136Prohibition on certain local government appointments.Head01/09/2024
SB 157Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications, requirements.Boysko01/09/2024
SB 170Board of Education; out-of-school time programs; exemptions from licensure; conditions.Craig01/09/2024
SB 200Legal notices; locality to advertise on their website.Diggs01/09/2024
SB 225School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of firearms in the household.Pekarsky01/09/2024
SB 244Virginia Freedom of Information Act; effective date of procedures for conducting meetings.McPike01/09/2024
SJ 18Study; joint subcommittee; Dillon Rule; report.Hashmi01/09/2024
HB 696Establishment of recovery high schools; authorization in certain Superintendent's regions.Tata01/10/2024
HB 710Travel expenses; local officials.Webert01/10/2024
HB 738Space Force; extension of certain benefits and privileges for persons serving in Armed Forces.Sewell01/10/2024
HB 743Legal holidays; Indigenous Peoples' Day.Krizek01/10/2024
HB 767Public elementary and secondary schools; compulsory attendance policies and procedures.O'Quinn01/10/2024
HB 777Enrollment of students transitioning into, between, and out of foster care and kinship care.Callsen01/10/2024
HB 816Virginia Freedom of Information Act; effective date of procedures for conducting meetings held.Cherry01/10/2024
HB 818Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of meeting.Cherry01/10/2024
HB 873Virginia Freedom of Information Act; closed meeting exemption; home instruction of children.Earley01/10/2024
HB 882Department of Education; model policy on student cell phone use during instructional time.Earley01/10/2024
HB 894Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings.Bennett-Parker01/10/2024
HB 911Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; staffing; annual audit.Shin01/10/2024
HB 954Virginia Human Rights Act; prohibits discrimination on the basis of citizenship or immigration.Lopez01/10/2024
HB 958School boards; student member required.Lopez01/10/2024
HB 979School board duties; appointment and employment of division superintendents; oversight.Keys-Gamarra01/10/2024
HJ 34Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; impacts of cell phone possession and use on students.Maldonado01/10/2024
SB 324Virginia Freedom of Information Act; charges for production of public records.Roem01/10/2024
SB 340Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions from mandatory disclosure; purchase card statement.Salim01/10/2024
SB 380School board policies; alternative educational opportunities.Sturtevant01/10/2024
HB 1017Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools.Wilt01/11/2024
HB 1040Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of 'caregiver;' remote participation in meetings.Bennett-Parker01/11/2024
HB 1048School-connected overdoses; policies relating to parental notification and response; requirements.Batten01/11/2024
HB 1079College partnership laboratory schools; Early College Model Program established.Coyner01/11/2024
HB 1093Unfunded mandates; delay of implementation.Oates01/11/2024
HB 1148School boards; employment of counsel.Cordoza01/11/2024
HB 1149Removal of elected and certain appointed local officers by courts; Governor.Cordoza01/11/2024
HB 1164Education Excellence for All Program established.Scott, P.A.01/11/2024
HB 1218Public schools; guidelines and policies regarding school-connected overdoses; parental notification.Higgins01/11/2024
HB 1231School boards; eligibility for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs in schools.Higgins01/11/2024
HB 1260Public elementary and secondary school students; parents' bill of rights established.Higgins01/11/2024
HB 1296Virginia Education Success Account Program established.Griffin01/11/2024
HJ 54Study; Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; charges for the production of public.Batten01/11/2024
HB 1317Public schools; transfer and management of scholastic records; disclosure of information in court.Cole01/14/2024
SB 415Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of meeting.Stuart01/14/2024
SB 443Public schools; transfer and management of scholastic records; disclosure of information in court.Durant01/14/2024
SB 473Administrative Process Act; executive branch agencies.Hackworth01/14/2024
SB 484Public schools; certain local school divisions; youth and community violence prevention.Aird01/14/2024
SB 498School-connected overdoses; policies relating to parental notification and response; requirements.Carroll Foy01/14/2024
SB 527General Assembly; intergovernmental affairs; delegates to a convention for proposing amendments.Sturtevant01/14/2024
SB 533Education Excellence for All Program established.Jordan01/14/2024
SB 549Travel expenses; local officials.Perry01/14/2024
SB 552Public schools; open school enrollment policies and guidance.Peake01/14/2024
SB 558School choice educational savings accounts.DeSteph01/14/2024
SB 575Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools.Obenshain01/14/2024
SB 608Public education; community schools; Office of Community Schools at Department of Education.Aird01/14/2024
SB 619Public elementary and secondary schools; compulsory attendance policies and procedures; educational.Pillion01/14/2024
HB 1378Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; apprenticeship programs; minors.Kent01/24/2024
HB 1383Public schools; transfer and management of scholastic records; disclosure of information in court.Milde01/24/2024
HB 1488Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain meetings, hearings.Henson01/24/2024
HB 1504School-connected overdoses; policies relating to parental notification and response; requirements.Seibold01/24/2024
HB 1528Celeste's Law; school boards; bathroom check policy required.Cordoza01/24/2024
SB 671Youth Health Protection Act established; civil penalty.Peake01/24/2024
SB 734Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings.Marsden01/24/2024