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HB26Introduced in the House of Delegates

Public Schools - Open Enrollment - Policies and Funding

IntroducedHouse Ways and Means

Introduced by Karen Toles, District 25

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Authorizing a county board of education to adopt an open enrollment policy to authorize certain students to attend, free of charge, a public school in a county other than the county where the student is domiciled with the student's parent or guardian, subject to certain requirements; requiring county boards to include certain students in full-time equivalent enrollment counts; and directing certain funding to the county in which certain students are enrolled in a public school under an open enrollment policy.

Where it stands

Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.

January 26, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Pre-filed

  2. First Reading Ways and Means

  3. Hearing 2/05 at 1:00 p.m.

  4. Hearing canceled

  5. Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.

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