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HOUSE BILL NO. 1425 Offered January 14, 2008 A BILL to direct the Board of Education to develop a plan to withdraw from participation in the federal No Child Left Behind Act. ----------
Patrons-- Landes, Cline, Englin, Lingamfelter, Lohr, Saxman and Ware, R.L.; Senators: Hanger and Obenshain
---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  §. 1. Unless waivers that allow Virginia's existing educational accountability system, as set forth in the Standards of Quality, Standards of Learning, and Standards of Accreditation, to substantially meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act are granted by the U.S. Department of Education, the Board of Education shall develop a plan to withdraw from participation in NCLB by June 30, 2009.