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Superintendent of Public Instruction; employment of certified school library specialists. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ in the Department of Education at least one certified school library specialist who shall have several duties enumerated in the bill, including (i) providing leadership and technical assistance with the implementation and use of information literacy skills to school divisions, Department staff, and other stakeholders to support student achievement; (ii) directing the implementation of state and national school library standards and consulting with and providing technical assistance to local school divisions relating to such standards; (iii) collaborating on various grants and other initiatives that promote student literacy through school library programs throughout the Commonwealth; (iv) supporting student learning through instructional programs in which students are required to demonstrate information literacy, digital literacy and fluency, and effective use of technology and instructional programs that incorporate science, technology, engineering, and math learning; and (v) providing the Department, the Board of Education, the General Assembly, and school boards with support relating to student learning through the use of school library standards and library resources.
Introduced
Jan 9, 2026
Last Action
Feb 19, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 2 co
Continued to next session in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (74-Y 22-N 0-A)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 4-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB263)
Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N)
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101218D
Referred to Committee on Education
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Continued to next session in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
Shelly A. Simonds
Gretchen M. Bulova