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HB 2777 Standards of Learning resource guides.

Introduced by: James H. Dillard II | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:

Standards of Learning resource guides. Directs, in order to provide appropriate opportunity for input from the general public, teachers, and local school boards, the Board of Education to solicit public comment prior to revising or adopting Standards of Learning resource guides and lists of recommended textbooks in any Standards of Learning academic subject. Thirty days prior to soliciting such public comment, the Board must publish notice of its intended action. Interested parties must be given reasonable opportunity to be heard and present information prior to final action of the Board. The Board must make such resource guides available for public inspection at least thirty days prior to final adoption or revision, as the case may be.

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Standards of Learning resource guides. Directs, in order to provide appropriate opportunity for input from the general public, teachers, and local school boards, the Board of Education to solicit public comment prior to revising or adopting Standards of Learning resource guides. Thirty days prior to soliciting such public comment, the Board must publish notice of its intended action. Interested parties must be given reasonable opportunity to be heard and present information prior to final action of the Board. The Board must make such resource guides available for public inspection at least thirty days prior to final adoption or revision, as the case may be.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Standards of Learning resource guides. Directs the Board of Education shall conduct a public hearing prior to revising or adopting Standards of Learning resource guides. Thirty days prior to conducting such hearing, the Board shall publish notice of its intended action. Interested parties shall be given reasonable opportunity to be heard and present information prior to final action of the Board. The Board shall make such resource guides available for public inspection at least thirty days prior to final adoption or revision, as the case may be.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Standards of Learning resource guides. Directs the Board of Education, prior to adopting or revising Standards of Learning (SOL) resource guides, to conduct public hearings. Thirty days prior to conducting any such hearings, the Board shall give written notice by mail of the date, time, and place of the hearings to all local school boards and any other persons requesting to be notified of the hearings and publish notice of its intention to adopt or revise SOL resource guides in the Virginia Register of Regulations. Interested parties shall be given reasonable opportunity to be heard and present information prior to final adoption of SOL resource guides or any subsequent revisions thereto. This notice and hearing process is currently required for revisions to the Standards of Learning.