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HOUSE BILL NO. 1182 Offered January 16, 2014 A BILL to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 672 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013 and § 2 of Chapter 692 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013, relating to individual school performance; A-to-F grading system. ---------- Patrons-- Rasoul and Filler-Corn ---------- Referred to Committee on Education ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 2 of Chapter 672 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2. The Board of Education shall report individual school performance using a grading system that includes the standards of accreditation, state and federal accountability requirements, and student growth indicators in assigning grades. The grading system shall be based on an A-to-F grading scale. The Board, by October 1, 2014, shall (i) assign a grade from A to F to each public school in the Commonwealth, except schools for which the Board of Education has approved an alternative accreditation plan to meet the graduation and completion index benchmark; (ii) make both the system and the grade assigned to each school in the Commonwealth available to the public; and (iii) report to the General Assembly a summary of the system and the assigned grades.

2. That § 2 of Chapter 692 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2. The Board of Education shall report individual school performance using a grading system that includes the standards of accreditation, state and federal accountability requirements, and student growth indicators in assigning grades. The grading system shall be based on an A-to-F grading scale. The Board, by October 1, 2014, shall (i) assign a grade from A to F to each public school in the Commonwealth, except schools for which the Board of Education has approved an alternative accreditation plan to meet the graduation and completion index benchmark; (ii) make both the system and the grade assigned to each school in the Commonwealth available to the public; and (iii) report to the General Assembly a summary of the system and the assigned grades.