republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1414.md

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Bill	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	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1414	Virginia SB 1414 (2017)	bill	Education	enacted	Stephen D. Newman	4	19	5	2017-01-11	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8663e71a-f999-48b0-8043-9ca0df126c4b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1414	39693015c1d5bad7f436334d6598312777509e5179c5fa49189e2b37d0c30157	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1414ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103571D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103571D-E (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/8663e71a-f999-48b0-8043-9ca0df126c4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).