SB 264 VA Passed One Chamber
Individualized education programs; guidelines/materials for students for addressing bullying, etc.
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Summary
A BILL to direct the Department of Education to develop and make available to school boards guidelines for including in individualized education programs strategies and supports to address and prevent bullying, harassment, and teasing and model instructional programs or materials for students on awareness, understanding, and acceptance of neurodivergence.
Sponsor (1)
- William M. Stanley, Jr. Republican · primary
Action history (23)
- Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100555D · upper
- Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
- Jan 22, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
- Jan 29, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
- Feb 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB264) · upper
- Feb 5, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
- Feb 6, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106627D-S1 · upper
- Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB264) · upper
- Feb 6, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
- Feb 6, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
- Feb 6, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
- Feb 6, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
- Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · upper
- Feb 9, 2026 Education and Health Substitute agreed to · upper
- Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
- Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
- Feb 13, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
- Feb 13, 2026 Read first time · lower
- Feb 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
- Feb 24, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) · lower
- Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
- Feb 26, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education · lower
- Mar 4, 2026 Tabled in Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) · lower
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