HB410 • 2026

School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required, student participation.

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.10, relating to school boards; participation in SAT School Day program required; student participation.

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Enacted

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

Sponsor: Reid
Last action: 2026-04-08
Official status: Acts of Assembly Chapter
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

School Boards Must Offer SAT During School Hours

This law requires Virginia's school boards to participate in a program that allows high school students to take the SAT test during regular school hours and offers each student at least one chance to do so in their junior or senior year.

What This Bill Does

Requires all school boards to join the SAT School Day program, which lets students take the SAT during school time.
School boards must give every high school student a chance to take the SAT at least once in either their junior or senior year.
If offered in fall, schools should align with PSAT testing days and offer both tests on the same day if possible.

Who It Names or Affects

Virginia's school boards
High school students

Terms To Know

SAT School Day program: A program where high schools allow students to take the SAT test during regular school hours.
PSAT testing window: The time period when PSAT tests are offered, often used as a practice for the SAT.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not require students to take the SAT; it is optional.
Details about how schools will align with PSAT testing days may vary.

Bill History

2026-04-08 Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/2026)
2026-04-08 Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388)
2026-03-31 House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
2026-03-31 Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-31 House
Signed by Speaker
2026-03-31 House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
2026-03-31 Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-31 House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
2026-03-30 Senate
Signed by President
2026-03-30 House
Enrolled
2026-03-30 House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB410ER)
2026-03-10 House
Senate substitute agreed to by House (85-Y 12-N 0-A)
2026-03-09 Senate
Read third time
2026-03-09 Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
2026-03-09 Education and Health
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
2026-03-09 Senate
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-03-06 Senate
Rules suspended
2026-03-06 Senate
Passed by for the day
2026-03-06 Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-03-06 Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
2026-03-05 Education and Health
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2026-03-05 Public Education
Senate subcommittee offered
2026-03-05 Education and Health
Committee substitute printed 26108904D-S1
2026-03-05 Education and Health
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
2026-02-26 Public Education
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
2026-02-18 Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-18 Education and Health
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2026-02-17 House
Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N 0-A)
2026-02-16 Appropriations
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
2026-02-16 House
Read second time
2026-02-16 House
committee substitute rejected
2026-02-16 House
committee substitute agreed to
2026-02-16 House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
2026-02-15 House
Read first time
2026-02-13 Appropriations
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2026-02-13 Elementary & Secondary Education
House subcommittee offered
2026-02-13 Elementary & Secondary Education
Reconsidered by Appropriations (Voice Vote)
2026-02-13 Elementary & Secondary Education
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
2026-02-13 Appropriations
Committee substitute printed 26106839D-H2
2026-02-02 Elementary & Secondary Education
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
2026-01-28 Elementary & Secondary Education
Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
2026-01-28 Education
Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 5-N)
2026-01-28 Education
Committee substitute printed 26106314D-H1
2026-01-27 K-12 Subcommittee
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)
2026-01-27 K-12 Subcommittee
House subcommittee offered
2026-01-27 House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410)
2026-01-23 K-12 Subcommittee
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
2026-01-12 House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101945D
2026-01-12 Education
Referred to Committee on Education

Official Summary Text

School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required; student participation.
Requires each school board to (i) participate in the SAT School Day program (the program) or any similar program offered by the College Board whereby high school students are permitted to take the SAT during regular school hours at the high school at which they are enrolled and (ii) offer each high school student in the school division the opportunity to take the SAT pursuant to the program at least once during the student's junior or senior year, in either the fall testing window or the spring testing window at the public high school at which the student is enrolled, provided that (a) no such student shall be required to participate in the program and (b) if the school board offers such opportunity during the fall testing window, the school board shall, to the extent feasible, align the days on which it offers such opportunity with the PSAT testing window and offer high school students in the school division to take either the SAT or the PSAT, as applicable, during regular school hours at the high school on the same school day.

Current Bill Text

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An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
22.1-79.10
, relating to school boards; participation in SAT School Day program required; student participation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered
22.1-79.10
as follows:
§
22.1-79.10
. Participation in SAT School Day program required; student participation.
Each school board shall:
1. Participate in the SAT School Day program (the program) or any similar program offered by the College Board whereby high school students are permitted to take the SAT during regular school hours at the high school at which they are enrolled; and
2. Offer each high school student in the school division the opportunity to take the SAT pursuant to the program at least once during the student's junior or senior year, in either the fall testing window or the spring testing window at the public high school at which the student is enrolled, provided that (i) no such student shall be required to participate in the program and (ii) if the school board offers such opportunity during the fall testing window, the school board shall, to the extent feasible, align the day on which it offers such opportunity with the PSAT testing window and offer high school students in the school division the opportunity to take either the SAT or the PSAT, as applicable to such student, during regular school hours at the high school on the same school day.