# Virginia HB410: School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required, student participation. Virginia HB410, School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required, student participation., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by David A. Reid (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-08 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB410-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB410 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required, student participation. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-12 - Last action: 2026-04-08, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388) - Sponsor: David A. Reid (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 13 (328 yes, 26 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary School boards; participation in SAT School Day program required; student participation. Requires each school board to (i) participate in the SAT School Day program (the program) or any similar program offered by the College Board whereby high school students are permitted to take the SAT during regular school hours at the high school at which they are enrolled and (ii) offer each high school student in the school division the opportunity to take the SAT pursuant to the program at least once during the student's junior or senior year, in either the fall testing window or the spring testing window at the public high school at which the student is enrolled, provided that (a) no such student shall be required to participate in the program and (b) if the school board offers such opportunity during the fall testing window, the school board shall, to the extent feasible, align the days on which it offers such opportunity with the PSAT testing window and offer high school students in the school division to take either the SAT or the PSAT, as applicable, during regular school hours at the high school on the same school day. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - In-school SAT for Virginia high schoolers: benefit, low. Beginning April 8, 2026, every Virginia school board must run the SAT School Day program or a similar College Board program. Each high school student must be offered one chance to take the SAT in junior or senior year, in the fall or spring testing window. Testing happens during regular school hour… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: David A. Reid (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-10 | House | Senate substitute agreed to by House | pass | 85 | 12 | | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-03-05 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 88 | 8 | | | 2026-02-13 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2026-02-13 | House | Reconsidered by Appropriations (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-13 | House | Reported from Appropriations with substitute | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2026-02-02 | House | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2026-01-28 | House | Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations | pass | 16 | 5 | | | 2026-01-27 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations | pass | 9 | 1 | | ## Actions (46) - 2026-04-08: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0388) (Governor) - 2026-04-08: Approved by Governor-Chapter 388 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor) - 2026-03-31: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410) (House) - 2026-03-31: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor) - 2026-03-31: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-31: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-03-30: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB410ER) (House) - 2026-03-30: Enrolled (House) - 2026-03-30: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Senate substitute agreed to by House (85-Y 12-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-09: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Read third time (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410) (House) - 2026-03-05: Committee substitute printed 26108904D-S1 (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Senate subcommittee offered (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-16: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2026-02-16: committee substitute agreed to (House) - 2026-02-16: committee substitute rejected (House) - 2026-02-16: Read second time (House) - 2026-02-16: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410) (House) - 2026-02-15: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-13: Committee substitute printed 26106839D-H2 (House) - 2026-02-13: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-02-13: Reconsidered by Appropriations (Voice Vote) (House) - 2026-02-13: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-02-13: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-02-02: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-01-28: Committee substitute printed 26106314D-H1 (House) - 2026-01-28: Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 5-N) (House) - 2026-01-28: Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education (House) - 2026-01-27: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB410) (House) - 2026-01-27: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-01-27: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (9-Y 1-N) (House) - 2026-01-23: Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2026-01-12: Referred to Committee on Education (House) - 2026-01-12: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101945D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217791.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217790.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210775.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210774.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-03-05: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196317.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196252.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196251.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196316.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-02-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148561.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148565.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1147925.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148560.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148564.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1147924.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-01-28: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097418.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1099040.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097417.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1099039.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-01-27: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097230.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097229.PDF) - Introduced, 2026-01-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084323.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084322.PDF) ## Related bills - HB5: Employment; 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Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026) - [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026) - [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026) - [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB410-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).