High school graduation requirements; passing score on select questions from the U.S. Naturalization Test. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to require, except in the case of a high school student whose individualized education program indicates otherwise, each high school student to take and correctly answer at least 70 percent of the questions on a test composed of at least 50 but not more than 60 of the questions on the civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test in order to graduate high school with a standard or advanced studies diploma, provided that such student may take such test at any time during grades nine through 12 and as many times during such period as necessary to achieve the minimum 70 percent passing score. High school graduation requirements; passing score on select questions from the U.S. Naturalization Test. Requires the Board of Education, in establishing high school graduation requirements, to require, except in the case of a high school student whose individualized education program indicates otherwise, each high school student to take and correctly answer at least 70 percent of the questions on a test composed of at least 50 but not more than 60 of the questions on the civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test in order to graduate high school with a standard or advanced studies diploma, provided that such student may take such test at any time during grades nine through 12 and as many times during such period as necessary to achieve the minimum 70 percent passing score.

Board of Health; food establishment regulations. Requires the Board of Health to adopt regulations that prohibit the revocation, amendment, or denial of a renewal of a permit issued to a food establishment on the basis that such food establishment does not meet the requirements for the food establishment classification for which the initial permit was issued, unless such food establishment has materially changed its operations since issuance of the initial permit.

School boards; unexpended local funds; capital reserve fund permitted. Permits any school board to establish a capital reserve fund as a savings account into which it exclusively deposits the local operating funds that remain unexpended at the end of the year for future school division capital expenditures at no additional cost to local taxpayers, subject to certain conditions enumerated in the bill.

Coastal resilience policy; research university collaborative. Authorizes the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and all relevant agencies, when setting coastal resilience policies, to seek input and consultation from the Commonwealth's research university collaborative, including the Virginia Coastal Policy Center, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience. The bill permits the Secretary and all relevant agencies to utilize such research university collaborative's expertise, research, and data analysis for the implementation of water management techniques and coastal resilience strategies. Coastal resilience policy; research university collaborative. Authorizes the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources and all relevant agencies, when setting coastal resilience policies, to seek input and consultation from the Commonwealth's research university collaborative, including the Virginia Coastal Policy Center, Virginia Sea Grant, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience. The bill permits the Secretary and all relevant agencies to utilize such research university collaborative's expertise, research, and data analysis for the implementation of water management techniques and coastal resilience strategies.

Nominating persons to be elected to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Election of a Supreme Court of Virginia Justice, Court of Election of a Supreme Court of Virginia Justice, Court of Appeals of Virginia Judges, Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and members of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.

Nominating a person to be elected to the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Speed determination devices; calibration or testing. Extends the validity of the calibration or testing of certain devices used to determine motor vehicle speed, other than photo speed monitoring devices, from six months to 12 months. Current law sets such validity for photo speed monitoring devices at 12 months. Speed determination devices; calibration or testing. Extends the validity of the calibration or testing of certain devices used to determine motor vehicle speed, other than photo speed monitoring devices, from six months to 12 months. Current law sets such validity for photo speed monitoring devices at 12 months.

Driver training instructors; active law-enforcement officers. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to, in lieu of the requirements established by the Department of Education for driver education instructor qualification, accept an active law-enforcement officer in good standing who otherwise meets the same training and years of service standards as those retired or resigned law-enforcement officers eligible for such qualification under current law. Driver training instructors; active law-enforcement officers. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to, in lieu of the requirements established by the Department of Education for driver education instructor qualification, accept an active law-enforcement officer in good standing who otherwise meets the same training and years of service standards as those retired or resigned law-enforcement officers eligible for such qualification under current law.

Celebrating the life of Carlyle Conwell Ring, Jr.

Coach Appreciation Week. Designates the week of October 6, in 2023 and in each succeeding year, as Coach Appreciation Week in Virginia.

Commending Waller Mill Park.

Regulation of charitable gaming and historical horse racing. Transfers regulatory control of charitable gaming and historical horse racing from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Racing Commission, respectively, to the Virginia Lottery, renamed in the bill as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Department. The bill directs the Virginia Lottery Board, renamed as the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Oversight Board, to promulgate regulations necessary for the conduct of (i) historical horse racing, with the assistance of the Virginia Racing Commission, by December 1, 2023, and (ii) charitable gaming, with the assistance of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, by July 1, 2024. All relevant regulations of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Racing Commission shall remain in full force and effect until the effective transfer of such regulations to the Virginia Lottery and Gaming Oversight Board.

Collection and reporting of data related to adults charged with a criminal offense punishable by confinement in jail or a term of imprisonment; Virginia Longitudinal Data System. Allows the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to contribute the statewide and locality-level data it collects on adults charged with criminal offenses punishable by incarceration to the Virginia Longitudinal Data System administered by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Fast Food Industry Workers Standards Board established. Establishes the Fast Food Industry Workers Standards Board as a policy board within the executive branch of government. The Board shall provide advice and standards to meet the needs of fast food industry workers, defined in the bill, to eliminate the low compensation and poor working conditions that impair the health, efficiency, and well-being of fast food industry workers. The bill authorizes the Board to establish certified worker organizations to provide training on the Board's standards for fast food industry workers and such workers' rights under current labor and employment law. The bill also permits localities to establish local fast food industry standards boards within the guidelines established by the Board. The bill requires fast food industry employers to post notices of any standards promulgated by the Board consistent with the Board's requirements for such notices. Finally, the bill prohibits discriminatory or retaliatory termination of fast food industry workers by fast food industry employers.