Cia Price
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 85
Primary
School boards or division superintendents; review accessibility challenges in the local school division; report. Requires each school board or division superintendent, in consultation with such other stakeholders as it deems appropriate, to review the extent to which (i) public elementary and secondary school buildings and grounds in the local school division present physical accessibility challenges and barriers for individuals with disabilities, including challenges and barriers that may prevent such individuals from fully participating in school activities; (ii) challenges in access to programming and supports exist for individuals with disabilities at public elementary and secondary schools in the local school division; (iii) such schools have begun or plan to address and eliminate all such challenges and barriers; and (iv) state agencies can assist such schools to address and eliminate all such challenges and barriers and fully comply with all applicable state and federal laws. The bill requires each school board or division superintendent to report the findings of such review and any associated recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education no later than November 1, 2025.
An Act to require each school board or division superintendent to review accessibility challenges in the local school division; report.
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 566 (Effective 07/01/25)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2278ER)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Conference substitute printed 25108007D-H1
Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 42-N)
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Amended by conference committee
Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
Read third time
Reading of substitute waived
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2278)
Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
Senate requested conference committee
House acceded to request
Conferees appointed by House
Delegates: Price, Cohen, Phillips
Conferees appointed by Senate
Senators: Pekarsky, VanValkenburg, Head
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 25107615D-S1
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
Engrossed by House as amended
Read second time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2278)
Printed as engrossed 25104281D-E
Education Amendments agreed to
Read first time
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Referred to Committee on Education
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104281D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Chaptered | HTML PDF |
| Enrolled | HTML PDF |
| Conference Report | HTML |
| Conference Substitute | HTML PDF |
| Finance and Appropriations Substitute | HTML PDF |
| Finance and Appropriations Subcommittee Substitute | HTML PDF |
| Engrossed | HTML PDF |
| Education Amendments | HTML |
| Introduced | HTML PDF |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2278) | PDF PDF |
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