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2018 SESSION

18105954D
SENATE BILL NO. 169
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health
on February 8, 2018)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Stanley)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 22.1 a section numbered 22.1-7.2, relating to public schools; robotics team competition program.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 22.1 a section numbered 22.1-7.2 as follows:

§ 22.1-7.2. Organizations governing public school interscholastic programs; robotics team competition.

Any nonprofit corporation founded in 1913 that currently organizes and governs interscholastic activities among the public high schools shall establish, by July 1, 2021, a varsity level robotics team competition program that includes state championships. Nothing in this section shall require a public school to establish a robotics team.