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2016 SESSION
16103973DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.7 as follows:
§ 22.1-79.7. Certain high school level course grading policies prohibited.
No local school board or public high school in the Commonwealth shall adopt grading policies for high school level courses that:
1. Prohibit homework assignments from counting toward any student's grade in any academic course;
2. Prohibit incomplete assignments or assignments not turned in by the assigned deadline from counting as a zero in any student's grade in any academic course;
3. Prohibit extraneous factors such as neatness, effort, and timeliness from being able to be counted toward any student's grade in any course; or
4. Require teachers to permit retakes on tests or assignments that count toward any student's grade in any academic course.