HOUSE BILL NO. 410

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health

on March 5, 2026)

(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 (i) no such student shall be required to participate in the program and (ii) if the school board offers such opportunity during the fall testing window, the school board shall, to the extent feasible, align the day on which it offers such opportunity with the PSAT testing window and offer high school students in the school division the opportunity to take either the SAT or the PSAT, as applicable to such student, during regular school hours at the high school on the same school day.