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EngrossedHB4422 · 2026 Regular Session · Updated January 30, 2026

To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to participate in extracurricular activities in the fall

Filed by Marty Gearheart(R · District HD-037)Official link pending verification · co-sponsored by 10 legislators

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The purpose of this bill is to permit students in eighth and ninth grades to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall.

Sponsors
Primary sponsor · House
Marty Gearheart(R · District HD-037)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Joe Ellington(R · District HD-038)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Jim Butler(R · District HD-018)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Roy Cooper(R · District HD-040)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Jeff Campbell(R · District HD-046)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Daniel Linville(R · District HD-022)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
John Paul Hott(R · District HD-085)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Eric Brooks(R · District HD-045)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Elliott Pritt(R · District HD-050)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Jeffrey Stephens(R · District HD-006)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Carl Roop(R · District HD-044)Official link pending verification
Where it sits now

Education

Last action: To Education (January 30, 2026)

The journey so far

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  1. Passed House (Roll No. 27)
    January 28, 2026 · House
  2. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
    January 28, 2026 · House
  3. Communicated to Senate
    January 28, 2026 · House
  4. Introduced in Senate
    January 30, 2026 · Senate
  5. To Education
    January 30, 2026 · Senate
  6. To Education
    January 30, 2026 · Senate
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How the chambers voted.

H · 95 yes · 0 no · 4 absent/NV
Passed
January 28, 2026 · Passed House (Roll No. 27)
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