---
type: "Bill"
title: "Students receiving home instruction; participation in AP and PSAT/NMSQT."
description: "Requires school boards to (i) make Advanced Placement (AP), Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), and PreACT examinations available to students receiving home instruction; (ii) adopt written policies that specify the date by which such students shall register to participate in such examinations; and (iii) notify such students and their parents of such registration deadline and the availability of financial assistance to low-income and needy students to take such examinations. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1414"
citation: "Virginia SB 1414 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen D. Newman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8663e71a-f999-48b0-8043-9ca0df126c4b"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1414"
source_hash: "39693015c1d5bad7f436334d6598312777509e5179c5fa49189e2b37d0c30157"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1414 (2017) — Students receiving home instruction; participation in AP and PSAT/NMSQT.

Requires school boards to (i) make Advanced Placement (AP), Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), and PreACT examinations available to students receiving home instruction; (ii) adopt written policies that specify the date by which such students shall register to participate in such examinations; and (iii) notify such students and their parents of such registration deadline and the availability of financial assistance to low-income and needy students to take such examinations. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0334)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1414ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1414ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103571D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1414)
4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103571D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1414E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments — **12–2** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stephen D. Newman — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 17103571D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
- **2017-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1414E
- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17103571D-E
- **2017-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 334 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8663e71a-f999-48b0-8043-9ca0df126c4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).