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2023 SESSION
SB 1173 Advanced academic opportunity programs; Board of Education to develop guidelines and policies.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Board of Education; advanced academic opportunity programs; guidelines and policies; availability. Requires the Board of Education to develop guidelines for advanced academic opportunity programs, as defined in the bill, offered at the secondary school level (i) requiring any advanced academic opportunity program offered at any public secondary school in the Commonwealth to accept any eligible student and (ii) prohibiting the imposition of arbitrary class sizes or any other limitation that would impede the access of any otherwise eligible student to such program. The bill defines an "eligible student" as any student who has demonstrated an ability to participate and succeed in advanced academic opportunities, as determined by (a) such student's performance on a merit-based application, (b) such student's aptitude based on grades or exam results, or (c) the recommendation of a teacher. The bill requires each local school board to adopt policies that are consistent with and at least as rigorous as the guidelines developed by the Board. Finally, the bill requires the Board to develop and make available to each local school board the guidelines for advanced academic opportunity programs by the 2023-2024 school year and requires each local school board to develop and implement policies in accordance with the Board's guidelines by the 2025-2026 school year.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104073D
- 01/10/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/25/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/02/23 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (8-Y 7-N)