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The Virginia Department of Education’s Report on 2026 General Assembly Activity, presented to the Board of Education at its June 24-25 meeting, details implementation requirements for Chapters 937 and 943 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly, posted July 1, 2026. VDOE Meeting Minutes

The Virginia Beach School Board voted 6-5 on June 24 to rescind the compromise Chromebook policy passed at its June 8 meeting, then adopted a stricter version eliminating classroom devices for pre-K through first grade entirely. The reversal removes the shared classroom set of 10 devices for first-grade classrooms that had been included under the

The Virginia Board of Education voted unanimously on June 25, 2026 to release Danville City, Greensville County, and Prince Edward County from their formal performance MOUs — recognizing sustained improvements in instruction and student outcomes across all three divisions. Divisions exiting MOU status assume full independent compliance responsibility under Virginia Standards of Accreditation going forward.

The Virginia Department of Education’s Digital Learning Unit has announced a monthly webinar series beginning July 14, 2026, targeting education technology leaders, instructional technology resource teachers, librarians, and classroom teachers. Topics progress from digital learning standards and internet safety in July and August through GoOpenVA in September and AI strategies in October. VDOE Newsletter The

AI Policy Adoption Rising But Implementation Gaps Remain The 2026 CoSN State of EdTech report, based on responses from 607 K-12 leaders across 44 states, found that cybersecurity and data privacy have returned as top priorities after artificial intelligence briefly topped the rankings in 2025. Three quarters of respondents said they were very concerned about

The Virginia Beach School Board voted 7-4 on June 8 to prohibit Chromebook use in pre-K and kindergarten classrooms, limit first graders to shared devices for small-group instruction, and keep second-grade devices at school except during remote learning. WHRO The nearly two-hour debate reflected growing concern about student screen time, with the teachers union recommending

The most productive AI conversations happening in districts right now are not about adopting the newest tool first, but about building the literacy, policies and governance structures that support responsible use. District leaders are still working through foundational questions about who can use AI tools, what data can be entered, and how policies should evolve

A new report from the Consortium for School Networking surveying roughly 600 K-12 technology officials found that nearly eight in ten school districts now have AI guidelines in place, up significantly from 57 percent the prior year. Progress on paper is real. However districts consistently reported insufficient staffing and funding as the primary barriers to

A peer-reviewed systematic review of 53 studies, just published in Frontiers in Education, confirms what Virginia’s SB 394 already recognized: generative AI in education brings genuine benefits — and serious risks that most institutions aren’t equipped to manage. Researchers found that while AI enhances personalized learning and instructional efficiency, it simultaneously introduces risks including loss

Virtual Virginia has issued an official update confirming its Canvas LMS instance was not impacted by the recent Instructure security incident. Following a forensic investigation, Instructure confirmed that no VVA student, parent, educator, or professional learning data was accessed or compromised. Divisions operating independent Canvas platforms separate from VVA should coordinate directly with their Instructure