Fairfax County Public Schools, Office of Government Relations

This page tracks all the Special Services/Student Health related legislation considered during the 2024 General Assembly Session. Summaries are linked to the Division of Legislative Services’ web pages for text, up-to-date summary information, and fiscal impact statements. If a bill of interest is not found in one category, please check another as legislation often can fit under multiple categories.

Legislation signed by the Governor will go into effect on July 1, 2024, unless otherwise specified in the legislation itself.

UPDATED: 01/21/2024

Special Services/Student Health - ACTIVE

Bill #	Catch Line	Patron	Date Routed
HB134	Fentanyl and other opioids; awareness of and education relating to risks.	Convirs-Fowler	01/03/2024
SB43	Persons with disabilities; creates an ombudsman program within disAbility Law Center of Virginia.	Favola	01/03/2024
SB60	Individualized education program; guidelines for teams relating to age-appropriate instruction.	Favola	01/03/2024
HB271	Public secondary schools; naloxone procurement, possession, and administration.	Reid	01/08/2024
SB96	Parental Behavior Technician Registration and Participation Pilot Program; established.	Stanley	01/08/2024
HB 497	Public secondary schools; naloxone procurement, possession and administration; school board.	Cohen	01/09/2024
HB 509	Public institutions of higher education; policies; individuals with disabilities.	Cohen	01/09/2024
HB 618	Department of Education; review physical accessibility challenges in public schools; report.	Price	01/09/2024
HJ 17	Disability Pride Month.	Cole	01/09/2024
SB 181	Public elementary and secondary schools; cardiac emergency response plans required; grant program.	Rouse	01/09/2024
SB 220	Special education and related services; definitions; records retention; duties.	Favola	01/09/2024
HB 732	Public elementary and secondary schools; policies and requirements relating to naloxone.	Sewell	01/10/2024
HB 919	School boards; model memorandum of understanding; partnerships with certain mental health service.	Srinivasan	01/10/2024
HB 947	Comprehensive plan; vape shops near schools.	Lopez	01/10/2024
HJ 41	Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; policy solutions to the Commonwealth's fentanyl crisis.	Srinivasan	01/10/2024
SB 387	Public elementary and secondary schools; policies and requirements relating to naloxone.	Pekarsky	01/10/2024
HB 1007	Department of Education; development and distribution of fentanyl education and awareness.	Lovejoy	01/11/2024
HB 1017	Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools.	Wilt	01/11/2024
HB 1039	Public elementary and secondary schools; possession and administration of undesignated glucagon.	Bennett-Parker	01/11/2024
HB 1089	Special education and related services; definitions; records retention; duties of Department.	Coyner	01/11/2024
HB 1212	Standards of Learning assessments; virtual assessment administration; students with Individualized.	Scott, P.A.	01/11/2024
HB 1279	Department of Education and Department of Health; school health entrance form; review.	Hayes	01/11/2024
HB 1283	Students with individualized education programs or Section 504 Plans; emergency protocol and guide.	Willett	01/11/2024
SB 420	Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind Board of Visitors; membership; powers and duties.	Head	01/14/2024
SB 460	Parental admission of minors for inpatient treatment.	Marsden	01/14/2024
SB 575	Discharge plans; copies to public elementary and secondary schools.	Obenshain	01/14/2024
HB 1355	Information Technology Access Act; digital accessibility.	Tran	01/16/2024
SB 726	Public secondary schools; naloxone procurement, possession, and administration; school board.	Pillion	01/24/2024