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HJ 723 Study; fiscal impact of Standards of Accreditation.

Introduced by: Flora D. Crittenden | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Fiscal impact of Standards of Accreditation. Establishes a special task force of the Commission on Educational Accountability to examine the impact of the Standards of Accreditation (SOA) on local school division budgets. The special task force shall consider, among other things, current funding levels for meeting the SOA; specific needs and challenges identified by Virginia school divisions in striving to achieve and maintain accreditation; the varying fiscal capacities and demographics of the Commonwealth’s school divisions; the constitutional, fiscal, and policy implications of maintaining separate regulations and statutes imposing minimum standards for public schools in Virginia; and such other issues as it deems appropriate.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; fiscal impact of Standards of Accreditation. Establishes a joint subcommittee to examine the impact of the Standards of Accreditation (SOA) on local school division budgets. The joint subcommittee shall consider, among other things, current funding levels for meeting the SOA; specific needs and challenges identified by Virginia school divisions in striving to achieve and maintain accreditation; the varying fiscal capacities and demographics of the Commonwealth’s school divisions; the constitutional, fiscal, and policy implications of maintaining separate regulations and statutes imposing minimum standards for public schools in Virginia; and such other issues as it deems appropriate.