24101047D
HOUSE BILL NO. 501
Offered January 10, 2024
Prefiled January 8, 2024
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-137.4, relating to school building evacuation plans, policies, and protocols; students with mobility impairments.
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Patron-- Cohen
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-137.4 as follows:

§22.1-137.4. School building evacuation plans, policies, and protocols; students with mobility impairments.

Any divisionwide or public elementary or secondary school-specific school building evacuation plan, policy, or protocol shall include provisions that seek to maximize the opportunity for students with mobility impairments to evacuate the school building alongside their non-mobility-impaired peers.