VA HB1071

Requires threat assessment teams at Virginia public schools and higher education institutions to receive annual training on emergency substantial risk orders and substantial risk orders to address risks posed by a student's access to firearms

Mandates the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety to update its model threat assessment policies to include specific education on using risk orders as intervention tools

Requires school division policies to include training for threat assessment team members on firearm-related risk orders under Chapter 9.2 of Title 19.2

When a student is determined to pose a threat of violence, parents must receive materials that now include information on emergency substantial risk order legal requirements in addition to existing safe storage laws

Higher education threat assessment team members must complete 8 hours of initial training and 2 hours annually, with risk order training incorporated into existing requirements