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HB1438Introduced in the House of Delegates

State Board of Education - Public High School Graduation Requirements

EngrossedSenate Education, Energy, and the Environment

Introduced by Teresa Woorman, District 16

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requiring the State Board of Education to review graduation requirements for public high school students every 5 years; and requiring implementation of updated graduation requirements for the cohort entering high school in the school year following State Board approval.

Where it stands

Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.

March 26, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of DelegatesStage: Third Reading Passed · March 19, 2026

129

Yes

2

No

10

Absent or Not Voting

141 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. First Reading Ways and Means

  2. Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.

  3. Favorable Report by Ways and Means

  4. Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed

  5. Third Reading Passed (129-2)

  6. Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment

  7. Hearing 4/07 at 1:00 p.m.

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