What parents need to know
Virginia’s General Assembly passed a new law this year which into effect June 2nd, 2026. The new law requres that public school systems in our state notify parents to store their guns safely. Here it is:
“As required by VA. Code § 22.1-79.3 (F), the Superintendent will notify (via email and SMS text message) to parents or guardians within 30 calendar days of the first day of each school year, the importance of securely storing any prescripture drugs as well as the responsibility to safely store any firearm in the household. The parental notification will be posted on the school division’s website.
The parental notification must include information on (a) relevant state laws and regulations relating to safe firearm storage and child access to firearms and (b) firearm-related accidents, injuries and deaths, including the role of firearms and (b) firearm-related accidents, injuries and death, including the role of firearms in suicides, including youth suicides, tips and resources for seeking help for a child that may be a danger to himself orothers, adn current statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or an equivalent nationally recognized entity or organization on youth firearm fatality rates.”
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