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Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related student assessment methods; assessment development, implementation, and administration reform. Modifies provisions relating to assessment methods for determining the level of achievement of the Standards of Learning objectives by all students, including (i) requirements relating to assessment administration aimed at maximizing instructional time and optimizing time used for assessment administration; (ii) criteria and guidelines for the structure and content of Standards of Learning assessments and alternative assessments developed by local school boards, including criteria for the types of assessment items that shall be included; (iii) provisions relating to eligibility and timelines for students to retake assessments; and (iv) the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessments, including a requirement that all such assessments be scored on a 100-point scale. The bill contains a provision exempting from the requirement that all end-of-course assessments be administered no earlier than two weeks prior to the last day of the school year any assessments administered as a part of a competency-based assessment system. The bill requires the Board of Education to provide any teacher who participates in the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments professional development points toward renewal of his license for the time spent scoring such assessments. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop and make available to each school board certain templates and guidelines relating to assessment content and structure and assessment scoring. Certain provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2026 Session of the General Assembly and certain others have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
Introduced
Jan 6, 2025
Last Action
May 2, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Approved by Governor-Chapter 675 (Effective - see bill)
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0675)
Communicated to Governor
Signed by President as reenrolled
Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
Reenrolled bill text (HB1957ER2)
Reenrolled
Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
Senate concurred in #'s 2-12 Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
House concurred in Governor's recommendation #'s 2-12 (88-Y 5-N)
House rejected Governor's recommendation #1 (33-Y 61-N)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
Governor's recommendation received by House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1957ER)
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
Enrolled
Education and Health Substitute agreed to
Read third time
Reading of substitute waived
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N)
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Senate substitute agreed to by House (59-Y 37-N)
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 4-N)
Committee substitute printed 25107047D-S1
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N)
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Education Substitute agreed to
Read first time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
Committee substitute printed 25106310D-H1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103847D
Referred to Committee on Education
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0675)
Dan I. Helmer
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg