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VA HB1037

Bill

Status

Enrolled

3/9/2026

Primary Sponsor

Betsy Carr

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Virginia Board of Education to make available instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy based on peer-reviewed scientific sources to all local school boards

  • Directs the Board to develop and adopt model policies and procedures for selecting climate change and environmental literacy instructional materials

  • Mandates that selected materials accurately portray changes in weather and climate patterns over time, impacts of human activity on climate, and effects of climate change on people and resources

  • Adds new section 22.1-212.1:3 to the Code of Virginia establishing these requirements

Legislative Description

Instructional materials on climate change & environtl. literacy; model pol. & proced. for selection.

Last Action

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Education: Public Education2/19/2026
Education and Health2/9/2026
Education1/14/2026

Full Bill Text

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