Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
SB71: Standards of Quality; Biennial review; change to even-numbered years and technical amendment.
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 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 proposing amendments to the standards or (iii)
making a determination that no changes are necessary.
B. In any odd-numbered year following the 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.
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