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HB 19 Standards of Quality; calculation of high school graduation rates.
Introduced by: William H. Fralin, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Education; calculation of high school graduation rates. Directs the Board of Education to collect, analyze, and report high school graduation and drop out data using a formula prescribed by the Board. The measure contains a delayed enactment clause providing that the amendments to § 22.1-253.13:4 will take effect October 1, 2008. A second enactment clause, which will take effect on July 1, 2006, requires the Board of Education to report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by December 1, 2006, on the formula to be used for the uniform assessment of high school graduation rates. In developing the formula, the Board is also required to consider the 2005 Report of the National Governors Association Task Force on State High School Graduation Data.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Education; calculation of high school graduation rates. Directs the Board of Education to collect, analyze, and report high school graduation rates using a formula prescribed by the Board. The measure contains a delayed enactment clause providing that the provisions of the act shall take effect October 1, 2008.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Education; calculation of high school graduation rates. Directs the Board of Education to collect, analyze, and report high school graduation rates using a standardized formula.