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SB 1329 Virginia Parent Data Portal; Board of Education to create and maintain, report.

Introduced by: Jennifer McClellan-Resigned | J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Board of Education; creation and maintenance of Virginia Parent Data Portal; report. Requires the Board of Education, on or before July 1, 2025, to create and maintain the Virginia Parent Data Portal that, among other things, (i) displays individualized student assessment data on all state-supported assessments, as that term is defined in the bill, (a) in a format that shows both current and cumulative data over time and (b) within 45 days of a state-supported assessment window closing for each state-supported assessment; (ii) provides a description of the purpose of each state-supported assessment, an explanation of how to interpret student data on each state-supported assessment, and a comparison of a student's performance on each state-supported assessment with the performance of the student's school, the student's school division, and the Commonwealth; (iii) is viewable from a mobile device in addition to a desktop computer; and (iv) provides functionality to enable school division personnel to manage and restrict user access to students and their parents.

The bill requires the Board and the Department of Education to provide certain guidance and technical assistance to local school divisions on professional development for principals and teachers in parent engagement on and interpretation of student assessment data available through the Portal and requires each school board to annually provide high-quality professional development to principals and teachers on such topics. The foregoing provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2024 Session of the General Assembly.

Finally, the bill establishes a work group for the purpose of advising the Board of Education on the criteria for and the process of procuring the goods and services necessary to implement the Portal and requires such work group to submit a report containing its findings and any recommendations to the Board of Education and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 1629.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Board of Education; creation and maintenance of Virginia Parent Data Portal. Requires the Board of Education to assess and report to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations and that the individuals and entities identified by such committees shall consider and make recommendations on the creation and maintenance of a Virginia parent data portal and that would (i) display individualized student assessment data on all state-supported assessments, as defined by the bill, currently and cumulatively over time; (ii) provide for each state-supported assessment a description of the purpose, an explanation of how to interpret student data, and a comparison of a student's performance with the performance of the student's school, the student's school division, and the Commonwealth; (iii) be viewable from a mobile device in addition to a desktop computer; and (iv) restrict user access to students and their parents. The bill requires such recommendations to include fiscal estimates related to the creation, implementation, and administration of a Virginia parent data portal. The bill requires such recommendations to be submitted to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2023.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Board of Education; creation and maintenance of Virginia Parent Data Portal. Requires the Board of Education, on or before July 1, 2024, to create and maintain the Virginia Parent Data Portal that, among other things, (i) displays individualized student assessment data on all state-supported assessments, as that term is defined in the bill, (a) in a format that shows both current and cumulative data over time and (b) within 45 days of a state-supported assessment window closing for each state-supported assessment; (ii) provides a description of the purpose of each state-supported assessment, an explanation of how to interpret student data on each state-supported assessment, and a comparison of a student's performance on each state-supported assessment with the performance of the student's school, the student's school division, and the Commonwealth; (iii) is viewable from a mobile device in addition to a desktop computer; and (iv) restricts user access to students and their parents. The bill requires the Board and the Department of Education to provide certain guidance and technical assistance to local school divisions on professional development for principals and teachers in parent engagement on and interpretation of student assessment data available through the Portal and requires each school board to annually provide high-quality professional development to principals and teachers on such topics.