The House approved a measure that codifies enforcement steps the State Board of Education and the state superintendent may use when local education agencies do not follow state curriculum frameworks. The Senate amendments broadened and clarified the statute; the House concurred.

The committee chair explained the bill creates a due‑process procedure: when the state identifies an LEA failing to follow state curriculum guidelines, the jurisdiction has an opportunity to cure the deficiency, submit a corrective action plan and work with the superintendent. If it does not cure deficiencies, funds may be withheld. "This creates an actual due process procedure whereby each county and city has to follow the state regulation and curriculum guidelines," the chair said.

Multiple delegates expressed concern the bill shifts curriculum control to the state, narrowing local discretion. Questions focused on whether parents could still opt their children out of family‑life or human‑sexuality instruction; the chair said opt‑outs that already exist in health curriculum guidance remain in place, and parents can opt out of the family‑life component (for example, family life and human sexuality lessons) where those opt‑outs are provided in current guidance.

Other members argued the change would escalate disputes to the state level and could create legal challenges over free‑speech and parental rights. The House adopted the Senate amendments and passed the bill on third reading.