K‑12 subcommittee reports multiple bills including health‑care literacy, Head Start review and school‑psychologist compact
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Summary
The K‑12 subcommittee reported several bills and referrals: HB 462 (health‑care literacy instruction in grades 9–10) was reported and referred to Appropriations, HB 211 (Head Start report requirement) reported with substitute, and HB 255 (interstate compact for school psychologists) reported unanimously; earlier the speaker's office referred HB 1260 to Public Safety.
During the Feb. 3 meeting the House K‑12 subcommittee processed a series of committee reports and referrals. Earlier in the session the speaker’s office requested referral of House Bill 1260 to the House Committee on Public Safety and that motion was carried.
The subcommittee reported House Bill 462 with a committee substitute; Delegate Cohen described HB 462 as requiring the Board of Education, during its next scheduled revision, to require health‑care literacy instruction in grades 9 and 10 and to consider enumerated topics for inclusion. Delegate Simons moved to report the substitute and to refer the bill to Appropriations.
Chair Converse Fowler presented House Bill 211, which would require the Head Start Collaboration Office of the Department of Education to develop a report summarizing the state of Head Start and early‑start programs in the Commonwealth by Dec. 1, 2026; the subcommittee recommended reporting with substitute. Delegate reported HB 255 would enter the Commonwealth into the interstate compact for school psychologists to facilitate interstate practice and improve availability of school psychological services; HB 255 was reported 15–0.
These measures were reported or referred and will proceed to the next steps in the House process where fiscal or implementation questions will be addressed.
