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HB 663 Standards of Learning test requirements for certain undergraduates.

Introduced by: W. Benny Keister | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Standards of Learning test requirements for certain undergraduate students. Mandates, on and after July 1, 2005, the State Council of Higher Education to implement, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, a system-wide program to require that, prior to being awarded a degree from any of the Commonwealth's public institutions of higher education, all undergraduate students, whether classified as in-state or out-of-state students, who do not hold diplomas from Virginia public high schools must take and obtain satisfactory scores on such Standards of Learning (SOL) tests, as may be required by Board of Education regulations, for obtaining a standard or advanced program high school diploma from Virginia's public high schools. Prior to the implementation of this testing requirement, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and the Board of Education must notify the affected students and will develop and distribute to all such freshman undergraduate students Standards of Learning study guides designed to facilitate the study of the relevant curricula. The board of visitors or other governing body of every educational institution must establish rules and regulations for the awarding of degrees, including the mandatory SOL testing requirements to be implemented by the State Council of Higher Education.


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