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HB288 • 2026

Education, Department of; website posting of certain instructional resources.

An Act to require the Department of Education to post certain instructional resources on its website.

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Anderson
Last action
2026-04-13
Official status
Acts of Assembly Chapter
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Education, Department of; website posting of certain instructional resources.

Department of Education; certain instructional resources; website posting.

What This Bill Does

  • Department of Education; certain instructional resources; website posting.
  • Requires the Department of Education to post in a conspicuous and publicly accessible manner on the instructional resources section of its website links to instructional resources on the Indigenous people of the Commonwealth that are developed and maintained by the Virginia Tribal Education Consortium.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Approved by Governor-Chapter 792 (effective 7/1/2026)

  2. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792)

  3. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792)

  4. 2026-03-10 House

    Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026

  5. 2026-03-10 Governor

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

  6. 2026-03-05 House

    Signed by Speaker

  7. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Signed by President

  8. 2026-03-05 House

    Enrolled

  9. 2026-03-05 House

    Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB288ER)

  10. 2026-03-05 House

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB288)

  11. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Read third time

  12. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  13. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Rules suspended

  14. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Passed by for the day

  15. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)

  16. 2026-02-27 Senate

    Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  17. 2026-02-26 Education and Health

    Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

  18. 2026-02-19 Public Education

    Assigned Education sub: Public Education

  19. 2026-01-28 Senate

    Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  20. 2026-01-28 Education and Health

    Referred to Committee on Education and Health

  21. 2026-01-27 House

    Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N 0-A)

  22. 2026-01-26 House

    Read second time and engrossed

  23. 2026-01-23 House

    Read first time

  24. 2026-01-23 House

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB288)

  25. 2026-01-21 Education

    Reported from Education (18-Y 3-N)

  26. 2026-01-20 K-12 Subcommittee

    Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)

  27. 2026-01-19 K-12 Subcommittee

    Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee

  28. 2026-01-09 House

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103379D

  29. 2026-01-09 Education

    Referred to Committee on Education

Official Summary Text

Department of Education; certain instructional resources; website posting.
Requires the Department of Education to post in a conspicuous and publicly accessible manner on the instructional resources section of its website links to instructional resources on the Indigenous people of the Commonwealth that are developed and maintained by the Virginia Tribal Education Consortium.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
An Act to require the Department of Education to post certain instructional resources on its website.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1.
§ 1. The Department of Education shall post in a conspicuous and publicly accessible manner on the instructional resources section of its website links to instructional resources on the Indigenous people of the Commonwealth that are developed and maintained by the Virginia Tribal Education Consortium.