K-12 Subcommittee

Tuesday, March 3, 2026·1h 19m·▶ Watch / Listen

The K-12 Subcommittee advanced bills on AI in education, immigration-based school discrimination, mental health discharge planning, student athlete eligibility, private school anti-bullying, and screen time limits, while tabling a rural after-school counseling bill that had passed the full Senate 39-0 and striking a music class size bill at the patron's request.

Key Actions

·SB108 – Student Cell Phone and Smart Device PoliciesPassed

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Controversies

SB220: Proposed amendment to delay effective date to July 1, 2027

Hillary Pugh Kent proposed delaying the bill's effect until July 1, 2027 as a friendly amendment. Senator Jones declined, explaining that the committee would miss an entire session to deal with the issue and citing urgency due to a new VHSL requirement starting July 1 that would make students ineligible for a year if not in their feeder middle school by eighth grade.

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Notable Quotes

“Kids have a short window, four years, three at best. And for many of them, it'll be the last time they ever suit up in competitive sports. And all I'm saying is this. If they can go to school there, they should be able to participate in all the activities that that school provides.”
Senator Michael J. Jones — Senator Jones, sponsor of SB220, argued in favor of reviewing VHSL student athlete eligibility rules that he said prevent students enrolled at a school from participating in athletics while allowing them to participate in other extracurricular activities.

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Votes

SB108 – Adopt substituteNo Vote

SB108 – Pass by for the dayNo Vote

SB394 – Conform to HB1186Passed

SB394 – Adopt substitutePassed

SB491 – Adopt substituteNo Vote

SB491 – Report substitutePassed

SB171 – Adopt substituteNo Vote

SB171 – Report billPassed

SB220 – Report and refer to AppropriationsPassed

SB341 – Adopt substitutePassed

SB341 – Report substitutePassed

SB190 – Conform to HB178Passed

SB190 – Report as substitutedPassed

SB603 – Lay on the tablePassed

SB656 – Strike from docketPassed

SB568 – Conform to HB1486Passed

SB568 – Report as substitutedPassed

SB817 – ReportPassed

Senator Bagby's bill – Refer to AppropriationsPassed

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TranscriptPreview

The K12 committee will come to order, and the committee will go at ease. Good morning. The K12 subcommittee will come back to order. Madam Clerk, you may open the roll. You may close the roll. A quorum is present to conduct our business today. Thank you for joining us in person and online. We ask that you keep your testimony to less than 1 minute and address any comments to the chair. And please exercise decorum and respect for our members. First, we will take testimony in person in favor, then move to in person opposed. That will be followed by online testimony in favor and then opposed for online testimony. Please keep comments to less than one minute and turn your camera on as per the rules of the House of Delegates. You can also submit comments using hodspeak.house.virginia.gov want to start with a little bit of housekeeping? We are going to take some action on bills from Senator Pakarski with her permission. She's not able to be here today. So the first bill we will pass by for the day, SB108. So move. This bill actually does have a substitute that I would like us to be…

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