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 Line | Patron | Date Routed |
HB18 | Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, penalties. | Helmer | 01/03/2024 |
HB69 | Vacancies in elected local offices; interim appointments, notice requirement. | Bulova | 01/03/2024 |
HB131 | Pandemic recovery task force; Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish, report. | Convirs-Fowler | 01/03/2024 |
HB168 | Department of Education; resource document on supports and services for homeless students. | Keys-Gamarra | 01/03/2024 |
SB7 | Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, penalties. | Reeves | 01/03/2024 |
SB36 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of meetings. | Locke | 01/03/2024 |
SB37 | Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence, parental notification. | McGuire | 01/03/2024 |
SB83 | Home instruction; parents; criteria. | McGuire | 01/03/2024 |
SB85 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of 'caregiver;' remote participation in meetings. | Favola | 01/03/2024 |
HB194 | Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act; members of Space Force. | Martinez | 01/08/2024 |
HB229 | Legal notices; locality to advertise on their website. | Campbell | 01/08/2024 |
HB253 | School boards; enrolled students present at meetings, public comment or citizen participation. | Cole | 01/08/2024 |
HB265 | Removal of public officers from office; petition requirements, procedure. | Simon | 01/08/2024 |
SB120 | Hate crimes and discrimination; ethnic animosity, penalties. | Subramanyam | 01/08/2024 |
HB 417 | Vacancies in elected local offices; timeliness of special election to fill vacancy. | Convirs-Fowler | 01/09/2024 |
HB 443 | Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain meetings, hearings. | Williams | 01/09/2024 |
HB 498 | School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of firearms in the household. | Cohen | 01/09/2024 |
HB 502 | Nonbinary sex or gender designation option. | Cohen | 01/09/2024 |
HB 625 | Public education; community schools; Office of Community Schools at Department of Education. | Rasoul | 01/09/2024 |
HB 626 | Public schools; certain local school divisions; youth and community violence prevention. | Rasoul | 01/09/2024 |
HB 659 | Public schools; open school enrollment policies and guidance. | Ballard | 01/09/2024 |
HB 667 | Virginia Education Success Account Program established. | Freitas | 01/09/2024 |
HB 670 | Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence; parental notification. | Freitas | 01/09/2024 |
HB 671 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public body; revenue | Freitas | 01/09/2024 |
HJ 21 | Study; State Council of Higher Education for Virginia; public institutions of higher education. | Seibold | 01/09/2024 |
HJ 24 | Study; joint subcommittee; Dillon Rule; report. | Helmer | 01/09/2024 |
SB 136 | Prohibition on certain local government appointments. | Head | 01/09/2024 |
SB 157 | Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications, requirements. | Boysko | 01/09/2024 |
SB 170 | Board of Education; out-of-school time programs; exemptions from licensure; conditions. | Craig | 01/09/2024 |
SB 200 | Legal notices; locality to advertise on their website. | Diggs | 01/09/2024 |
SB 225 | School board policies; parental notification; safe storage of firearms in the household. | Pekarsky | 01/09/2024 |
SB 244 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; effective date of procedures for conducting meetings. | McPike | 01/09/2024 |
SJ 18 | Study; joint subcommittee; Dillon Rule; report. | Hashmi | 01/09/2024 |
HB 696 | Establishment of recovery high schools; authorization in certain Superintendent's regions. | Tata | 01/10/2024 |
HB 710 | Travel expenses; local officials. | Webert | 01/10/2024 |
HB 738 | Space Force; extension of certain benefits and privileges for persons serving in Armed Forces. | Sewell | 01/10/2024 |
HB 743 | Legal holidays; Indigenous Peoples' Day. | Krizek | 01/10/2024 |
HB 767 | Public elementary and secondary schools; compulsory attendance policies and procedures. | O'Quinn | 01/10/2024 |
HB 777 | Enrollment of students transitioning into, between, and out of foster care and kinship care. | Callsen | 01/10/2024 |
HB 816 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; effective date of procedures for conducting meetings held. | Cherry | 01/10/2024 |
HB 818 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of meeting. | Cherry | 01/10/2024 |
HB 873 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; closed meeting exemption; home instruction of children. | Earley | 01/10/2024 |
HB 882 | Department of Education; model policy on student cell phone use during instructional time. | Earley | 01/10/2024 |
HB 894 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings. | Bennett-Parker | 01/10/2024 |
HB 911 | Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; staffing; annual audit. | Shin | 01/10/2024 |
HB 954 | Virginia Human Rights Act; prohibits discrimination on the basis of citizenship or immigration. | Lopez | 01/10/2024 |
HB 958 | School boards; student member required. | Lopez | 01/10/2024 |
HB 979 | School board duties; appointment and employment of division superintendents; oversight. | Keys-Gamarra | 01/10/2024 |
HJ 34 | Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; impacts of cell phone possession and use on students. | Maldonado | 01/10/2024 |
SB 324 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; charges for production of public records. | Roem | 01/10/2024 |
SB 340 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions from mandatory disclosure; purchase card statement. | Salim | 01/10/2024 |
SB 380 | School board policies; alternative educational opportunities. | Sturtevant | 01/10/2024 |
HB 1017 | Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools. | Wilt | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1040 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of 'caregiver;' remote participation in meetings. | Bennett-Parker | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1048 | School-connected overdoses; policies relating to parental notification and response; requirements. | Batten | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1079 | College partnership laboratory schools; Early College Model Program established. | Coyner | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1093 | Unfunded mandates; delay of implementation. | Oates | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1148 | School boards; employment of counsel. | Cordoza | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1149 | Removal of elected and certain appointed local officers by courts; Governor. | Cordoza | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1164 | Education Excellence for All Program established. | Scott, P.A. | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1218 | Public schools; guidelines and policies regarding school-connected overdoses; parental notification. | Higgins | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1231 | School boards; eligibility for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs in schools. | Higgins | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1260 | Public elementary and secondary school students; parents' bill of rights established. | Higgins | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1296 | Virginia Education Success Account Program established. | Griffin | 01/11/2024 |
HJ 54 | Study; Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; charges for the production of public. | Batten | 01/11/2024 |
HB 1317 | Public schools; transfer and management of scholastic records; disclosure of information in court. | Cole | 01/14/2024 |
SB 415 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; definition of meeting. | Stuart | 01/14/2024 |
SB 443 | Public schools; transfer and management of scholastic records; disclosure of information in court. | Durant | 01/14/2024 |
SB 473 | Administrative Process Act; executive branch agencies. | Hackworth | 01/14/2024 |
SB 484 | Public schools; certain local school divisions; youth and community violence prevention. | Aird | 01/14/2024 |
SB 498 | School-connected overdoses; policies relating to parental notification and response; requirements. | Carroll Foy | 01/14/2024 |
SB 527 | General Assembly; intergovernmental affairs; delegates to a convention for proposing amendments. | Sturtevant | 01/14/2024 |
SB 533 | Education Excellence for All Program established. | Jordan | 01/14/2024 |
SB 549 | Travel expenses; local officials. | Perry | 01/14/2024 |
SB 552 | Public schools; open school enrollment policies and guidance. | Peake | 01/14/2024 |
SB 558 | School choice educational savings accounts. | DeSteph | 01/14/2024 |
SB 575 | Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools. | Obenshain | 01/14/2024 |
SB 608 | Public education; community schools; Office of Community Schools at Department of Education. | Aird | 01/14/2024 |
SB 619 | Public elementary and secondary schools; compulsory attendance policies and procedures; educational. | Pillion | 01/14/2024 |
HB 1378 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; exclusions; apprenticeship programs; minors. | Kent | 01/24/2024 |
HB 1383 | Public schools; transfer and management of scholastic records; disclosure of information in court. | Milde | 01/24/2024 |
HB 1488 | Local government; standardization of public notice requirements for certain meetings, hearings. | Henson | 01/24/2024 |
HB 1504 | School-connected overdoses; policies relating to parental notification and response; requirements. | Seibold | 01/24/2024 |
HB 1528 | Celeste's Law; school boards; bathroom check policy required. | Cordoza | 01/24/2024 |
SB 671 | Youth Health Protection Act established; civil penalty. | Peake | 01/24/2024 |
SB 734 | Virginia Freedom of Information Act; electronic meetings. | Marsden | 01/24/2024 |