2026 SESSION

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE

26106839D

HOUSE BILL NO. 410

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the House Committee on Appropriations

on ________________)

(Patron Prior to Substitute—Delegate Reid)

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.10, relating to school boards; participation in SAT School Day program required; student participation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.10 as follows:

§ 22.1-79.10. Participation in SAT School Day program required; student participation.

Each school board shall:

1. 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

2. 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 no such student shall be required to participate in the program.