Virginia House of Delegates bill in Session 2026.
Status: enacted. Latest action: April 22, 2026.
Science SOL & Curriculum Framework; instructional material to include climate change, etc.
Board of Education; instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy; model policies and procedures for selection. Requires the Board of Education to make available to each local school board instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy that are based on and include peer-reviewed scientific sources. The bill requires the Board of Education to develop, adopt, and make available to each local school board model policies and procedures, based on peer-reviewed scientific sources, pertaining to the selection of instructional materials on climate change and environmental literacy, including a requirement for any such selected material to accurately portray changes in weather and climate patterns over time, the impacts of human activity on changes in weather and climate patterns, and the effects of climate change on people and resources.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-04-22 | Status | enacted |
| 2026-04-22 | Latest Action | Approved by Governor-Chapter 1086 (effective 7/1/2026) |