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2013 SESSION

13100477D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1312
Offered January 9, 2013
Prefiled September 21, 2012
A BILL to require the Board of Education to adopt regulations establishing an additional testing period for the Standards of Learning assessments.
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Patrons-- Habeeb and Spruill
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  § 1. That the Board of Education shall adopt regulations providing for an additional testing period, to occur prior to March 1 of each year, for the administration of Standards of Learning assessments to students. Local school boards may elect to participate in such additional testing period. Any student who does not achieve a passing score during such additional testing period shall be permitted to retake the test during another testing period.

§ 2. Any costs associated with the administration of Standards of Learning assessments during the additional testing period adopted pursuant to § 1 of this act shall be borne by the participating school division.