                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026) BASAL TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS (§ 22.1-239)

In approving basal textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials for
reading in kindergarten and first grade, the Board shall report to local school
boards those textbooks and other high-quality instructional materials 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 textbooks and other high-quality instructional
materials.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 22-297; 1980, c. 559; 1981, c. 190; 2008, cc. 430, 615,
663; 2025, cc. 680, 683.