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SENATE BILL NO. 382 Offered January 8, 2014 Prefiled January 7, 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. ---------- Patron-- Reeves ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

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

§ 2. The Board of Education shall report individual school performance for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years 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 and make such grades available to the public by October 1, 2014, for the 2013-2014 school year and by October 1, 2015, for the 2014-2015 school year; (ii) make both the grading system and the grade assigned to each school in the Commonwealth available to the public by October 1, 2014; (iii) provide an opportunity for public comment on both the system and the grades; and (iii) (iv) report to the General Assembly a summary of the system and, the assigned grades, and the public comments by November 30, 2015.

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

§ 2. The Board of Education shall report individual school performance for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years 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 and make such grades available to the public by October 1, 2014, for the 2013-2014 school year and by October 1, 2015, for the 2014-2015 school year; (ii) make both the grading system and the grade assigned to each school in the Commonwealth available to the public by October 1, 2014; (iii) provide an opportunity for public comment on both the system and the grades; and (iii) (iv) report to the General Assembly a summary of the system and, the assigned grades, and the public comments by November 30, 2015.

3. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 2016.