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Public schools; right to free public elementary and secondary education, discrimination, etc.

It became law on Apr 13.

VA SB 491 · Senate Bill · 2026

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Became law
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Apr 13

Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Apr 13

What it does

Public schools; right to free public elementary and secondary education; discrimination based on immigration status prohibited; civil cause of action. Prohibits any child in the Commonwealth from being denied a free public education through secondary school on the basis of the actual or perceived immigration or citizenship status of the child or the child's parents, in accordance with the Constitution of Virginia and consistent with the requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The bill also, among other things, prohibits any school board, public elementary or secondary school, school resource officer employed by a local law-enforcement agency in any public…

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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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