• Date Due: November 01, 2026
  • Author: Department of Education
  • Enabling Authority: Chapter 574 Enactment Clause 1. § 2. (Regular Session, 2026)
  • Description:
    Report on the findings of the assessment of the impact of developing a program to provide student support programs to students enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school through certified student support agencies, and shall consider (i) a framework by which a certified student support agency would enter into a memorandum of understanding with a school board for the purpose of providing student support programs and suggested components of such memorandums of understanding, such as (a) documentation establishing the organization's nonprofit status, (b) a description of each student support program that such organization provides, (c) policies and procedures relating to privacy, background checks, mandated reporting, and the transmission, collection, use, and disposal of student personal information, and (d) consent forms and procedures to be used by such student support programs to obtain the necessary consent from the parent of any student under 18 years of age; (ii) the feasibility of establishing and administering a certification process for certified student support agencies; (iii) potential compliance monitoring and enforcement mechanisms and subsequent penalties for noncompliance to ensure that each certified student support agency complies with such program; (iv) policies and procedures for the secure disposal of a student's personal information upon such student's withdrawal from a student support program, upon the cessation of any such program, or upon such student's graduation or transfer from the school division; and (v) cost estimates, including staffing needs, for the development and implementation of such program. [Reporting requirements of Chapter 573, Enactment Clause 1. § 2., 2026 Acts of Assembly, are identical.]