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Health Ed. SOL; Bd. of Ed. to require literacy instruction in grade 9 & 10 in next revision.

It became law on Apr 13, 2026.

VA HB 462 · House Bill · 2026

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Latest action
Apr 13, 2026

What it does

Board of Education; review and revision of Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework; development of health care literacy instruction; removal of duplicative or outdated health instruction. Directs the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework to, in consultation with the School Health Services Committee, (i) develop a health care literacy program of instruction to be required at grades nine and 10 for the purpose of helping students navigate the health care system efficiently and effectively and, in developing such program of instruction, to consider the inclusion of certain…

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    Apr 13, 2026

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