2026 SESSION

SENATE SUBSTITUTE

26109112D

HOUSE BILL NO. 614

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 Rasoul)

A BILL to direct the Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive review of the history and social science Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework and any associated instructional guides and materials for the purpose of ensuring the inclusion of quality, accurate, and complete instruction on the contributions and roles of all peoples included in such Standards of Learning; report.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Department of Education (the Department) shall conduct a comprehensive review of the history and social science Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework and any associated instructional guides and materials for the purpose of ensuring the inclusion of quality, accurate, and complete instruction on the contributions and roles of all peoples included in the history and social science Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework. The Department shall submit to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education by November 1, 2028, a report on the findings of such comprehensive review that shall include (i) any areas identified as needing improvement in the quality, accuracy, or completeness of instruction on the contributions and roles of all peoples included in such Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework and (ii) a summary of how the Department plans to update or supplement the areas identified pursuant to clause (i).