2026 SESSION

SENATE SUBSTITUTE

26107357D

SENATE BILL NO. 817

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health

on February 12, 2026)

(Patron Prior to Substitute—Senator Suetterlein)

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.3:2, relating to school boards; classes, public middle and high schools; parental notification of course registration deadlines and processes required.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.3:2 as follows:

§ 22.1-79.3:2. Parental notification of course registration deadlines and processes required; policies.

Each school board shall develop and implement policies requiring each public middle and high school in the school division to provide, at least 30 days prior to the course registration deadline, parental notification by email or SMS text message to the parent of each student in the public middle or high school of course enrollment deadlines and the process for requesting changes to the student's course selection.

2. That each school board shall develop and implement by the start of the 2026–2027 school year the policies requiring the parental notification of course registration deadlines and processes in accordance with the provisions of § 22.1-79.3:2 of the Code of Virginia, as created by this act.