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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70293</law_id><section_number>22.1-239</section_number><catch_line>(Effective July 1, 2026) Basal textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="13">Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Textbooks</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In approving basal <span class="dictionary">textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials</span> for reading in kindergarten and first grade, the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall report to local <span class="dictionary">school boards</span> those <span class="dictionary">textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials</span> with a minimum decodability standard based on words that students can correctly read by properly attaching speech sounds to each letter to formulate the word at 70 percent or above for such <span class="dictionary">textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 22-297; 1980, c. 559; 1981, c. 190; 2008, cc. 430, 615, 663; 2025, cc. 680, 683.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
