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VA HB 1331

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School division accessibility challenges and barriers; summary, and plan, report.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

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 consolidate all such reports into a summary document and submit (i) such document, (ii) 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.

Introduced
2026-01-18
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-11 — Continued to next session in Education (Voice Vote)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Marcia S. "Cia" Priceprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-18

    Presented and ordered printed 26105367D

    introduction

  2. 2026-01-18

    Referred to Committee on Education

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-05

    Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-10

    Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)

  5. 2026-02-11

    Continued to next session in Education (Voice Vote)

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Related bills

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Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1331

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