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HJ 195 Study; funding the Standards of Quality.

Introduced by: S. Chris Jones | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; funding the Standards of Quality. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the funding of the Standards of Quality and local educational programs and services that exceed the minimum requirements of the Standards of Quality in the Commonwealth. The Commission is requested, among other things, to (i) review current statutory, constitutional, and budgetary provisions governing the calculation of SOQ costs and funding; (ii) identify and review the educational programs and services of local school divisions that exceed the Standards of Quality and that are not currently funded by the Standards of Quality; (iii) determine the extent to which local educational programs and services that exceed the Standards of Quality are within the locality's ability to pay; (iv) review the Department of Education's process and procedure for calculating and distributing state funds based on the current funding methodology; (v) determine the need to develop a formula to fund local educational programs and services that exceed the Standards of Quality and recommend appropriate options; and (vi) evaluate the need to adjust the current basic school aid formula and determine the efficacy of devising an alternative method for funding public education in Virginia that is sufficient to meet the actual costs of education.


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