Why 3/5: It grants a specific educational institution the authority to establish a police department, impacting its safety and operational structure.
This bill would allow the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to establish its own campus police department, potentially increasing security and changing the disciplinary environment for students. This new authority would enable the school to employ its own police officers, operating under the same legal framework as campus police at higher education institutions.
Filed
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100823D
Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Update
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB238)
Referred to committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Update
Senate subcommittee offered
Referred to committee
Rereferred from Education and Health to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Deferral
Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
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Summarized from the official bill text (“Va. School for the Deaf & the Blind, Board of Visitors of the; authority to establish campus police.”) · Read the actual bill →