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2014 SESSION
14101072DPatrons-- Krupicka, Brink, Futrell, Hester, Hope, Howell, A.T., Lopez, Plum, Rasoul and Spruill
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 Beginning with the 2015-2016
school year, the Board of Education shall report
assign each public elementary and secondary school five
separate grades based on (i) individual school performance and (ii)
the performance of students who
are (a) receiving
special education, (b) enrolled
in English as a second language (ESL) programs, (c)
eligible to receive free or reduced price
meals, and (d) not
eligible to receive free or reduced price meals using a letter 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 2015,
shall (i) (1)
assign a grade from A to F to each public school in the Commonwealth; (ii) (2)
make both the system and the
grade assigned to each school in the Commonwealth available to the
public; and (iii) (3) 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 Beginning with the 2015-2016
school year, the Board of Education shall report
assign each public elementary and secondary school five
separate grades based on (i) individual school performance and (ii)
the performance of students who
are (a) receiving
special education, (b) enrolled
in English as a second language (ESL) programs, (c)
eligible to receive free or reduced price meals,
and (d) not
eligible to receive free or reduced price meals using a letter 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 2015,
shall (i) (1)
assign a grade from A to F to each public school in the Commonwealth; (ii) (2)
make both the system and the
grade assigned to each school in the Commonwealth available to the
public; and (iii) (3) report to the General
Assembly a summary of the system and the assigned
grades.