Bill Text: VA HB942 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: School boards; reasonable access by certain youth groups.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647) [HB942 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB942-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 942 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health on February 25, 2016) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Wilt) A BILL to require local school boards to provide access to school property to youth-oriented, community organizations.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. Local school boards shall, subject to the provisions of §22.1-131 of the Code of Virginia, provide reasonable and appropriate access to school property to youth-oriented, community organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of the USA, and their volunteers and staff, to distribute and provide instructional materials in order to encourage participation in such organizations and their activities. Any such access provided during the school day shall not conflict with instructional time. Such access may include after-school sponsored activities such as "Back to School" events, where it can be reasonably accommodated.