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SB 727 School Performance Report Card; redesign to be more effective in communicating to parents & public.
Introduced by: Richard H. Black | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
School Performance Report Card; A-F school grading system. Requires the Board of Education, in consultation with the Standards of Learning Innovation Committee and no later than July 1, 2016, to redesign the School Performance Report Card so that it is more effective in communicating to parents and the public the status and achievements of the public schools and local school divisions in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Board to provide notice and solicit public comment and summarize the redesigned Report Card in advance of July 1, 2016. The bill also repeals the A-F school grading system created in the 2013 Session and amended in the 2014 Session. This bill is identical to HB 1672.
FULL TEXT
- 12/12/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102949D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104242D-S1 pdf
- 02/18/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15105190D-H1 pdf
- 02/27/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB727ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/19/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/12/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102949D
- 12/12/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/14/15 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/29/15 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/29/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104242D-S1
- 01/30/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/04/15 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/15 Senate: Committee substitute rejected (19-Y 19-N)
- 02/04/15 Senate: Chair votes No
- 02/04/15 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/04/15 Senate: Committee substitute reconsidered 15104242D-S1 (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/15 Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/05/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15104242D-S1
- 02/05/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB727S1
- 02/06/15 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 6-N)
- 02/10/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/15 House: Read first time
- 02/10/15 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/12/15 House: Assigned Education sub: Education Reform
- 02/17/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/15 House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/18/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15105190D-H1
- 02/19/15 House: Read second time
- 02/20/15 House: Read third time
- 02/20/15 House: Committee substitute agreed to 15105190D-H1
- 02/20/15 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB727H1
- 02/20/15 House: Passed House with substitute (89-Y 7-N)
- 02/20/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 7-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 4-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: Title replaced 15105190D-H1
- 02/27/15 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/27/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB727ER)
- 02/27/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/15 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/4/15
- 03/04/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/19/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 367 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/19/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367)