Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 786 — Instructional material and related academic activities; Board of Education to establish policy.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Board of Education; policy on certain instructionalmaterial and related academic activities; annual parental notification;replacement or alternative material and activities; local compliance.Requires the Board of Education to establish, and each local schoolboard to comply with, a policy to require each public elementaryor secondary school to (i) annually notify the parent of any student enrolled in a class or course in which the instructional materialor related academic activities includes or may include sexually explicitcontent, as defined in the bill, or content that depicts sexual misconduct,as defined in the bill; (ii) permit the parent of any student toreview instructional material that includes sexually explicit contentor content that depicts sexual misconduct, upon request; and (iii)provide, as a replacement or an alternative to instructional materialand related academic activities that include sexually explicit contentor content that depicts sexual misconduct, instructional materialand related academic activities that do not include sexually explicit content or content that depicts sexual misconduct to any studentwhose parent so requests.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Left in Education

  2. Impact statement from DPB (HB786)

  3. Referred to Committee on Education

  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104073D

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 786 do?
Board of Education; policy on certain instructionalmaterial and related academic activities; annual parental notification;replacement or alternative material and activities; local compliance.Requires the Board of Education to establish, and each local schoolboard to comply with, a policy to require each public elementaryor secondary school to (i) annually notify the parent of any student enrolled in a class or course in which the instructional materialor related academic activities includes or may include sexually explicitcontent, as defined in the bill, or content that depicts sexual misconduct,as defined in the bill; (ii) permit the parent of any student toreview instructional material that includes sexually explicit contentor content that depicts sexual misconduct, upon request; and (iii)provide, as a replacement or an alternative to instructional materialand related academic activities that include sexually explicit contentor content that depicts sexual misconduct, instructional materialand related academic activities that do not include sexually explicit content or content that depicts sexual misconduct to any studentwhose parent so requests.
Who sponsors HB 786?
HB 786 is sponsored by Wendell S. Walker, Wren M. Williams, and LaRock, Dave A..
What is the current status of HB 786?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 786?
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