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2022 SESSION
HB 938 Public schools; evaluation & recommendations for certain current and proposed policies, revisions.
Introduced by: Roxann L. Robinson | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Board of Education; stakeholder group; evaluation of and recommendations for certain current and proposed policies and performance standards for public elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Board of Education to collaborate with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary of Education to convene a group of stakeholders to include parents, public school principals, public school superintendents, public school board members, public school teachers, institutions of higher education, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, industry partners and employers, and other concerned stakeholders to evaluate, to implement where possible, and to otherwise make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the following goals: (i) promoting excellence in instruction and student achievement in mathematics; (ii) expanding the Advanced Studies Diploma as an option for students in public high schools in the Commonwealth; (iii) increasing the transparency and honesty of performance measures for public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth; (iv) ensuring that performance measures for public elementary and secondary schools prioritize the attainment of grade-level proficiency and growth during the course of a school year and from school year to school year in reading and mathematics for all students, especially in grades kindergarten through five; (v) ensuring that the Commonwealth's proficiency standards on Standards of Learning assessments in reading and mathematics are maintained; and (vi) ensuring a strong accreditation system that promotes meaningful accountability year-over-year. The bill requires the Secretary of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, no later than November 30, 2022, to report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health the results of such evaluation and recommendations to achieve such goals.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104194D pdf | impact statement
- 02/10/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22104194D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106901D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB938ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104194D
- 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/26/22 House: Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
- 02/02/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/22 House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/22 House: Read first time
- 02/10/22 House: Read second time
- 02/10/22 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/10/22 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB938E
- 02/10/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22104194D-E
- 02/11/22 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/22 House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 03/03/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106901D-S1
- 03/03/22 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/08/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/08/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106901D-S1
- 03/08/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB938S1
- 03/08/22 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/22 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106901D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/22 House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/11/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB938ER)
- 03/11/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/06/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 99 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/06/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099)