VirginiaInstructional materials on climate change & environtl. literacy; model pol. & proced. for selection.
What it does
Board of Education; instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy; model policies and procedures for selection. Requires the Board of Education to make available to each local school board instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy that are based on and include peer-reviewed scientific sources. The bill requires the Board of Education to develop, adopt, and make available to each local school board model policies and procedures, based on peer-reviewed scientific sources, pertaining to the selection of instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy, including a requirement for any such selected material to accurately portray changes in weather and climate patterns over time, the impacts of human activity on changes in weather and climate patterns, and the effects of climate change on people and resources.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 11Governor's recommendation received by HouseLatest
- Mar 10Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 10Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026Minor
- Mar 9Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 9Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 9Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1037)
- Mar 9Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1037ER)Major
- Mar 9EnrolledMinor
- Mar 2Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 2Read third timeMinor
- Feb 27Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 27Rules suspended
- Feb 26Reported from Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 9Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 9Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 6Read third time and passed House (65-Y 33-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Feb 4Read first timeMinor
- Feb 2Reported from Education (15-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1037)
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 14Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102265DIntroduced