republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-817.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School bds.; parental notification of course registration deadlines and processes required, policies."
description: "School boards; public middle and high schools; parental notification of course registration deadlines and processes required. Requires each school board to develop and implement, by the start of the 2026-2027 school year, policies requiring each public middle and high school in the school division to provide, at least 30 days prior to the course registration deadline, parental notification by email or SMS text message to the parent of each student in the public middle or high school of course enrollment deadlines and the process for requesting changes to the student's course selection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 817"
citation: "Virginia SB 817 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c5527a-5e1a-4312-bea6-8f722a40d487"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB817"
source_hash: "f53632bd9a4bed3880501ec4d8532b7e59b0c8cd00f2146ed5e163743b1d6f7a"
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 817 (2026) — School bds.; parental notification of course registration deadlines and processes required, policies.

School boards; public middle and high schools; parental notification of course registration deadlines and processes required. Requires each school board to develop and implement, by the start of the 2026-2027 school year, policies requiring each public middle and high school in the school division to provide, at least 30 days prior to the course registration deadline, parental notification by email or SMS text message to the parent of each student in the public middle or high school of course enrollment deadlines and the process for requesting changes to the student's course selection.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1095775.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218209.PDF)
3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1144958.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1207065.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26105676D `introduction`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB817)
- **2026-02-05** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Senate subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-12** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute printed 26107357D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB817)
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Blank Action
- **2026-02-24** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-03-04** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB817)
- **2026-03-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB817ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 523 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0523)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77c5527a-5e1a-4312-bea6-8f722a40d487`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).