VirginiaSchool boards; participation in SAT School Day program required, student participation.
What it does
School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required; student participation. Requires each school board to (i) participate in the SAT School Day program (the program) or any similar program offered by the College Board whereby high school students are permitted to take the SAT during regular school hours at the high school at which they are enrolled and (ii) offer each high school student in the school division the opportunity to take the SAT pursuant to the program at least once during the student's junior or senior year, in either the fall testing window or the spring testing window at the public high school at which the student is enrolled, provided that (a) no such student shall be required to participate in the program and (b) if the school board offers such opportunity during the fall testing window, the school board shall, to the extent feasible, align the days on which it offers such opportunity with the PSAT testing window and offer high school students in the school division to take either the SAT or the PSAT, as applicable, during regular school hours at the high school on the same school day.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 8Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388)Latest
- Apr 8Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 31Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 31Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026Minor
- Mar 31Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 31Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
- Mar 30Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 30Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB410ER)Major
- Mar 30EnrolledMinor
- Mar 10Senate substitute agreed to by House (85-Y 12-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 9Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 9Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 9Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)Major
- Mar 9Read third timeMinor
- Mar 6Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 6Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 6Rules suspended
- Mar 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 5Committee substitute printed 26108904D-S1Major
- Mar 5Senate subcommittee offered
- Mar 5Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 26Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 17Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 16committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 16committee substitute rejected
- Feb 16Read second timeMinor
- Feb 16Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
- Feb 15Read first timeMinor
- Feb 13Committee substitute printed 26106839D-H2Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 13Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 13House subcommittee offered
- Feb 13Reconsidered by Appropriations (Voice Vote)
- Feb 2Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends laying on the table. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary EducationMinor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Committee substitute printed 26106314D-H1Major
- Jan 28Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 5-N)Minor
- Jan 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)Major
- Jan 27House subcommittee offered
- Jan 23Assigned HED sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 12Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 12Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101945DIntroduced