School Board Member Alliance

SBMA provides school board members with the training, resources, and support necessary to best serve their districts. Parental rights are valued.

[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

Giving drugs to another student needed a rebrand. Now the VDOE calls it "SOCIAL SHARING."

Will this new coding help schools avoid a "persistently dangerous school" label?

Sharing Goldfish crackers is social sharing. Giving someone heroine is drug distribution and is illegal.

[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

Thanks to Del. Griffin and the VA House of Delegates for a warm welcome to our Executive Director and some School Board members from around the state as we visited the Capital.
https://t.co/oRlyFswd5v

[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

HB352--2026--Karen Hamilton (R)
Sage's Law:

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WOW!

Multiple school districts are ignoring state and federal laws about disclosing students' private information.

https://t.co/Ex6LC39K7y

[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

HB 412 (2026) Nicole Cole (D)

This bill requires local governing bodies (City Council/Board of Supervisors) to approve-without question or without limitation-any budget presented to them and approved by the local school board.

If passed--taxes will skyrocket everywhere
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[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

VA- SB 213--Sen. Bill DeSteph (R)
Caps a district supe's salary to no more than what is authorized for the State Supe of Public Instruction. Applies to contracts beginning Jan. 1, 2027.

Loudoun Superintendent makes over $500,000.
State Supe is authorized $270,530.

[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

HB355-2026 Proposed Legislation-Debra Gardner (D)

Requires all school districts to conduct mental health screenings on all children grades 6th-12th.
Parents will not be able to opt-in but must instead opt-out.
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[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

SB19-Mamie Locke (D):

Prohibits the removal of sexually explicit library books in elementary and secondary public schools.

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[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. SCOTUS Justice Sam Alito just EVISCERATED the attorney's argument for a transgender male trying to compete in girl's sports

Every word. Masterful.

ALITO: Let's say a school has a boy and girl track team. A male student with no puberty blockers or female hormones, or surgeries, says, 'I AM A WOMAN. That's who I am.' Can the school say, 'No, you can't participate?'

ATTORNEY: Yes...

ALITO: Is that person not a WOMAN in your understanding?! They SAY they're a woman. Are they not a woman, then?

ATTORNEY: Well, I'd respect their pronouns...

ALITO: You seem to be saying the school can discriminate on the basis of transgender status! If this person is a "transgender woman" and is barred from the girls' team, that person is being subjected to differential treatment based on transgender status, right?

Sam Alito is awesome🔥🔥🔥

[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

2026 Proposed Legislation--HB201-Laura Cohen (D)
Requires school boards to send an annual notification to parents about their "legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household" and also about "securely storing any prescription drug."
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[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

2026 Proposed Legislation--HB201-Laura Cohen (D)
Requires school boards to send an annual notification to parents about their "legal responsibility to safely store any firearm present in the household" and also about "securely storing any prescription drug."
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[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

2026: HB 199-Sam Rasoul (D)
Extends from 2025-2026 to 2027-2028 the period during which, pursuant to applicable law, the Board of Education is required to permit school boards to administer assessments as alternatives to the through-year growth assessment system.

[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

2026: HB 139--Sponsor--Shelly Simonds (D)

This bill requires local school boards to provide unpaid leave to teachers' union leaders for up to 4 years.
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[School Board Member Alliance @MysbmaOrg]

2026 Proposed Virginia Legislation

HB96: Elizabeth Bennett Parker (D)-- Requires taxpayers to fund free breakfast for all students.