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Public schools; guidelines and policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection.

It became law on Mar 24, 2025.

VA HB 1663 · House Bill · 2025

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Mar 24, 2025

What it does

Public schools; interscholastic sports and athletics; guidelines and policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection; development and implementation. Requires the Board of Education to develop, biennially review and update as necessary, and distribute to each local school division guidelines on policies relating to extreme heat safety and protection for student-athletes. The bill requires each school board to develop and update, in accordance with the guidelines developed by the Board of Education, policies on student-athlete extreme heat safety and protection that (i) are consistent with any heat guidelines based on Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) levels developed by an…

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    Mar 24, 2025

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Law in Virginia. Agencies now write the rules that carry it out, and courts can stay or strike it.

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