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HB216: Standards of Learning assessments; student required to attend summer school for remediation program.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 22.1-199.2 and 22.1-254.01 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-199.2. Standards for remediation programs established; reporting required.
A. The Board of Education shall promulgate regulations for
establishing standards for remediation programs that receive state funding,
without regard to state funding designations, which shall be designed to strengthen
and improve the effectiveness of such programs in increasing the scholastic
achievement of students with academic deficiencies. Such standards shall
require (i) school divisions to evaluate remediation programs, annually, in
terms of the pass rate on the Standards of Learning tests and (ii) that school
divisions report, on such forms as may be required by the Board for such
purpose, data pertaining to the demographic and educational characteristics of
students who have been identified for remediation pursuant to subsection C of §
22.1-253.13:1, or clause (ii) of subsection A of § 22.1-254, and § 22.1-254.01.
Data submitted to the Board shall include, but not be limited to, the number of
students failing any Standards of Learning assessments for grades three,
five, and through eight
and any end-of-course tests required for the award of a verified unit of credit
required for the student's graduation; a demographic profile of the students
attending such programs; the academic status of each such student; the types of
instruction offered, the length of the program, and the local costs of the
program; the number of ungraded and disabled students, and those with limited
English proficiency (ESL); and the number of students failing the Standards of
Learning assessments for grades three, five, and
through eight
or end-of-course tests required for the award of a verified unit of credit
required for the student's graduation who attend remediation programs. School
divisions shall also report to the Board the number of students who
successfully complete the objectives of remedial programs that they attended
due to their performance on the Standards of Learning assessments.
The Board shall also establish in regulations, a formula for determining the level of funding necessary to assist school divisions in providing transportation services to students required to attend remediation programs.
B. The Board of Education shall cause the collection, compilation, and analysis of the data required to be reported by local school divisions in subsection A of this section to accomplish a statewide review and evaluation of remediation programs. The Board shall report its analysis of the data submitted by school divisions and a statewide assessment of remediation programs, and any recommendations, to the Governor and the General Assembly annually, prior to the commencement of the regular session of the General Assembly.
§ 22.1-254.01. Certain students required to attend summer school or after-school sessions.
In the event that a student is required to take a
special program of prevention, intervention, or remediation in a public summer
school program or to participate in another form of remediation as provided in
subsection C of § 22.1-253.13:1 and in accordance with clause (ii) of
subsection A of § 22.1-254, and the division superintendent determines that
remediation of the student's poor academic performance, passage of the
Standards of Learning Assessment in grades three, five, or eight, or promotion
is directly related to the student's attendance in such summer school program
or participation in another form of remediation, and after a reasonable effort
to seek the student's attendance in such session has failed, including direct
notification of the parents or guardians of such student of the attendance
requirement and failure of the parents or guardians to secure the student's
attendance, the The division
superintendent may seek immediate compliance with the compulsory school
attendance law as set forth in § 22.1-254 after
a reasonable effort to seek the student's
attendance in the summer school program or after-school session has failed, including direct notification
of the parents of such student of the attendance requirement and failure of the
parents to secure the student's attendance, when:
1. A student is required to take a special program of prevention, intervention, or remediation in a public summer school program or to participate in another form of remediation as provided in subsection C of § 22.1-253.13:1 and in accordance with clause (ii) of subsection A of § 22.1-254; and
2. The
division superintendent determines that remediation of the student's poor
academic performance, passage of the Standards of Learning Assessment in grades
three through eight, or promotion
is related directly to the student's
attendance in the summer school
program or participation in another form of remediation.
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