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HB1039Introduced in the House of Delegates

Education – Primary and Secondary Schools – Alternative School Options (Right to Learn Act)

IntroducedHouse Ways and Means

Introduced by Mark Fisher, District 27

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requiring, on or before January 1 each year, each county board of education to provide certain information to the parent or legal guardian of a student who attends a failing school; requiring that a failing school continue to be designated as a failing school until certain conditions are met; requiring that a student who is attending a failing school be provided the opportunity to attend an alternative school; establishing the Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today Program; etc.

Where it stands

Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.

February 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. First Reading Ways and Means

  2. Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.

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