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2015 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Education and Health
Subcommittee Public Education

Carrico (Chairman), Howell, Locke, Smith, Cosgrove

Date of Meeting: January 19, 2015
Time and Place: 9:00 a.m. - 3rd Floor East Conf. Room

S.B. 724

Patron: Black

Board of Education; Standards of Learning. Prohibits the Board of Education from adopting revisions of the Standards of Learning that implement the Common Core State Standards unless it has the prior statutory approval of the General Assembly.

S.B. 727

Patron: Black

A-F school grading system. Repeals the A-F school grading system created in the 2013 Session and amended in the 2014 Session.

S.B. 757

Patron: Barker

Public schools; Standards of Learning tests. Directs the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to provide the same criteria for eligibility for an expedited retake of any Standards of Learning test to each student regardless of grade level or course.

S.B. 782

Patron: Favola

The use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; Board of Education regulations. Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations on the use of seclusion and restraint in public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth. The bill requires that such regulations incorporate certain existing guidance documents; include definitions of terms, criteria for use, restrictions for use, training requirements, notification requirements, reporting requirements, and follow-up requirements; and address distinctions between certain student populations. The bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth.

S.B. 823

Patron: Miller

Public schools; physical activity requirement. Requires at least 20 minutes of physical activity per day or an average of 100 minutes per week during the regular school year for students in grades kindergarten through five. This requirement becomes effective beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.

S.B. 874

Patron: Cosgrove

Public schools; Standards of Learning tests. Directs the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to provide the same criteria for eligibility for an expedited retake of any Standards of Learning assessment in reading or mathematics to each student regardless of grade level.

S.B. 897

Patron: Miller

Public schools; Standards of Learning tests. Directs the Board of Education to promulgate regulations to provide the same criteria for eligibility for an expedited retake of any Standards of Learning test, with the exception of the writing Standards of Learning tests, to each student regardless of grade level or course. The bill contains an emergency clause.

EMERGENCY

S.B. 900

Patron: Barker

Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments. Requires the Board of Education to promulgate regulations authorizing local school divisions to determine the date for administering Standards of Learning assessments.

S.B. 982

Patron: Garrett

Public schools; graduation requirements; verified credits. Requires the Board of Education, in its course and credit requirements for earning a high school diploma, to provide that no verified unit of credit shall require a minimum number of clock hours of instruction.

S.B. 984

Patron: Garrett

Standards of Learning tests; expedited retake. Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations to provide the same criteria for eligibility for an expedited retake of any Standards of Learning test to all students regardless of grade level or course, permits local school boards to adopt such uniform criteria, and requires the locality in which the school division is located to bear the cost of implementation.