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Charlie's Law to Protect All Students; private elementary and secondary schools; student codes of conduct; policies relating to bullying and cyberbullying prevention and parental notification; requirements. Requires each principal, headmaster, or other chief administrator of each private elementary or secondary school in the Commonwealth to include in such school's (i) policies for codes of student conduct procedures for addressing and handling instances of bullying and cyberbullying and (ii) code of student conduct policies and procedures that include a prohibition against bullying and cyberbullying and that (a) direct the principal, headmaster, or other chief administrator or his designee to provide written notification to the parent of any student involved in an alleged incident of bullying or cyberbullying within 24 hours of learning of the allegation of bullying or cyberbullying; (b) include prohibitions against and procedures for addressing instances of cyberbullying; (c) provide protections for any student who is a victim of or witness to an instance of bullying or cyberbullying; (d) include a list of support services and resources available through such school to any student who is a victim of bullying or cyberbullying; and (e) include prohibitions against hazing, as that term is defined in applicable law.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A)
Passed House with substitute (66-Y 30-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read third time
Read second time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB341)
Committee substitute printed 26108738D-H1
Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Referred to Committee on Education
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 5-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB341)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100250D
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House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A)
Jennifer B. Boysko