Virginia SB 842 — High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.
Virginia, 2027. SB 842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.
Latest action
October 8, 2026 — Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Summary
High school student athletes; eligibility; enrollment. Requires any nonprofit corporation founded in Virginia in 1913 that currently organizes and governs interscholastic activities among the public high schools to develop, implement, and enforce rules requiring that a student who is a member of a high school athletic team be deemed to satisfy any residency requirements established by such corporation in order to be eligible for participation on such team if the student is duly enrolled in the high school at which he is a member of such team.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-276.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to high school student athletes; eligibility; enrollment.
Sponsors
- Michael J. Jones — primary sponsor
Bill text
Introduced Read version ↗ Read version ↗
Recorded votes
No roll-call votes were supplied for this bill. This does not imply that no vote occurred.
Legislative history
- Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2027 27100501D
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