VA SB 395

Title: Public elementary & secondary schools; student athletes, pre-participation mental health assessment.
Author: Stella G.Pekarsky

Summary
Public elementary and secondary schools; student athletes; pre-participation mental health assessment required. Provides that no public elementary or secondary school student is permitted to be a participant on or try out for any school athletic team or squad with a predetermined roster, regular practices, and scheduled competitions with other elementary or secondary schools unless such student has submitted to the school principal a signed report from a licensed physician, licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or licensed physician assistant acting under the supervision of a licensed physician attesting that such student has, within the preceding 365 days, received both a physical examination and a mental health assessment. Current law only requires that the signed report attest that any such student has received a physical examination within the preceding 12 months. The bill prohibits any public elementary or secondary school from becoming a member of any organization or entity that regulates or governs interscholastic programs that does not deem eligible for participation any student who has satisfied the requirements for eligibility in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The provisions of the bill other than the requirement for the Board of Education to convene a work group have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.

Status
Senate: Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)

Bill Documents
VA SB 395 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102782D

VA SB 395 - Substitute for S-Education and Health Offered on 2/8/2024

VA SB 395 - Substitute for S-Education and Health Offered on 2/1/2024

VA SB 395 - Substitute for Committee: S-Education and Health, Subcommittee: Public Education, Recommended on 1/25/2024

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