HB 2190 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Public schools; catalog of print or digital materials available in school libraries, etc.

Summary
Public schools; school libraries; catalog of print or digital materials available in school libraries and used as instructional materials; development, implementation, and maintenance. Requires the principal of each public elementary or secondary school or his designee to develop, implement, and maintain in an electronic spreadsheet or substantially similar electronic format a catalog of all print or digital materials, as defined in the bill, available in the school library and all instructional materials, as defined in the bill, used as a part of the school curriculum. The bill requires such catalog to (i) be developed and posted in a publicly accessible location on the school website in a searchable and downloadable format; (ii) identify each item by the item's title, author, and, if applicable, International Standard Book Number, or such other identifying features or information as the principal or his designee deems appropriate; and (iii) be maintained and updated as necessary to accurately reflect all print or digital materials available in the school library and any instructional materials used as a part of the school curriculum.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced HED Sub: K-12 Subcommittee Substitute · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended from its original introduction to a substitute version by the House Committee on Education. The main substantive change is the removal of a requirement to catalog 'instructional materials' used in the classroom, limiting the catalog requirement to only materials available in the school library. This reduces the administrative burden on schools by narrowing the scope of materials that must be tracked and made publicly available.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed from requiring a catalog of both library materials and instructional materials used in classrooms to only requiring a catalog of materials available in the school library.
REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement to catalog and publicly post instructional materials used as part of the school curriculum, keeping only the requirement to catalog materials available in the school library.

Modified the catalog requirement in subsection B to only apply to print or digital materials available in the school library, rather than both library materials and instructional materials.

DEFINITION

Removed the definition of 'instructional material' from the bill text, as the requirement to catalog such materials was deleted.

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Committee
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Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Nick Freitas
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