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2002 SESSION

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SB 201 Standards of Quality in public schools; biennial review.

Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Standards of Quality revisions. Requires, to ensure the integrity of the standards of quality, the Board of Education to exercise its constitutional authority to determine and prescribe the standards, subject to revision only by the General Assembly, by (i) reviewing the standards and (ii) either proposing amendments to the standards or (iii) making a determination that no changes are necessary. In any odd-numbered year in which the Board proposes changes to the standards of quality, the budget estimates that are statutority required to be reported pursuant to 2.2-1504 must take into consideration the Board's proposed standards of quality. Prior to 1984, the Board was required to revise the standards every two years in the odd-numbered year. With the codification of the standards in 1984, this requirement was removed.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Standards of Quality revisions. Requires, to ensure the integrity of the standards of quality, the Board of Education to exercise its constitutional authority to determine and prescribe the standards, subject to revision only by the General Assembly, by (i) reviewing the standards and (ii) either proposing amendments to the standards or (iii) making a determination that no changes are necessary. In any odd-numbered year in which the Board proposes changes to the standards of quality, the budget estimates that are statutorily required to be reported pursuant to 2.2-1504 must take into consideration the Board's proposed standards of quality. Prior to 1984, the Board was required to revise the standards every two years in the odd-numbered year. With the codification of the standards in 1984, this requirement was removed.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Standards of Quality revisions. Requires the Board of Education to propose revisions to the Standards of Quality in the odd-numbered years that reflect the prevailing practices of the Commonwealth's school divisions. The annual report on public education must contain the revised standards of quality prescribed by the Board for the school divisions of the Commonwealth. In addition, the budget estimates reported pursuant to § 2.2-1504 must take into consideration the Board's revised standards of quality.