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SENATE BILL NO. 490
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Education
on February 18, 2008)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Hanger)
A BILL to direct the Board of Education to develop a plan to withdraw from participation in the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  §. 1. Unless waivers that allow Virginia's existing educational accountability system, as set forth in the Standards of Quality, Standards of Learning, and Standards of Accreditation, to substantially meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act are granted by the U.S. Department of Education, the Board of Education shall develop a plan to withdraw from participation in NCLB by June 30, 2009.