HB1058: Standards of Quality; biennial reveiw thereof.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-18.01 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-18.01. Biennial review of the standards of quality required; budget estimates.
A. To ensure the integrity of the standards of quality, the
Board of Education shall, in odd-numbered years even-numbered years,
exercise its constitutional authority to determine and prescribe the standards,
subject to revision only by the General Assembly, by (i)
reviewing the standards and (ii)
either (i) proposing amendments to the
standards or (iii)(ii)
making a determination that no changes are necessary.
B. In any odd-numbered even-numbered
year in which the Board proposes changes to the standards of quality, the
budget estimates that are required to be reported pursuant to § 2.2-1504 shall
take into consideration the Board's proposed standards of quality.
