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2016 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-18 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-18. Report on education and standards of quality for school divisions; when submitted and effective.
By December 1 of each year, the Board of Education shall
submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a report on the condition and
needs of public education in the Commonwealth and shall identify any school
divisions and the specific schools therein that have failed to establish and
maintain schools meeting the existing prescribed standards of quality. Such
standards of quality shall be subject to revision only by the General Assembly,
pursuant to Article VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution of Virginia. Such
report shall include a:
1. A complete listing of the current standards of
quality for the Commonwealth's public schools, together with a justification
for each particular standard, how long each such standard has been in its
current form, and whether the Board recommends any change or addition to the
standards of quality. Such report shall also include information;
2. Information regarding parent and student choice
within each school division and any plans of such school divisions to increase
school choice.;
3. A complete listing of each report that local school divisions are required to submit to the Board or any other state agency, including name, frequency, and an indication of whether the report contains information that the local school division is also required to submit to the federal government; and
4. A complete listing of each report pertaining to public education that local school divisions are required to submit to the federal government, including name and frequency.