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HB 462 Enacted

Health Ed. SOL; Bd. of Ed. to require literacy instruction in grade 9 & 10 in next revision.

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Board of Education; review and revision of Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework; development of health care literacy instruction; removal of duplicative or outdated health instruction. Directs the Board of Education, during its next regularly scheduled revision of the Health Education Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework to, in consultation with the School Health Services Committee, (i) develop a health care literacy program of instruction to be required at grades nine and 10 for the purpose of helping students navigate the health care system efficiently and effectively and, in developing such program of instruction, to consider the inclusion of certain topics and content enumerated by the bill and (ii) identify and remove from such Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework for grades nine and 10 any instructional subjects or topics the inclusion of which is duplicative or outdated.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 12, 2026
Last action
Apr 13, 2026 — Approved by Governor-Chapter 799 (effective 7/1/2026)
Session
2026
Momentum
86 · Very high