Standards of Learning; reduces total number & type of required assessments to minimum requirements. (SB1401)

Introduced By

Sen. Todd E. Pillion (R-Abingdon) with support from 8 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Israel O'Quinn (R-Bristol), Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon), Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke), Sen. Monty Mason (D-Williamsburg), Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City), Sen. David Suetterlein (R-Salem), Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Winchester)

Progress

✓	Introduced
☐	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Standards of Learning assessments; reduction; report. Reduces the total number and type of required Standards of Learning assessments to the minimum requirements established by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. The bill requires the Department of Education to annually report on the estimated projected and actual savings from the implementation of the bill and report the amount of such savings to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly. The bill also requires that such amount be included in the total for Direct Aid to Public Education in any general appropriation act. Read the Bill »

Status

05/17/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Education Committee

History

Date	Action
01/13/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100971D
01/13/2021	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
01/20/2021	Assigned Education sub: Public Education
01/26/2021	Impact statement from DPB (SB1401)
01/28/2021	Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2021	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/03/2021	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2021	Read second time and engrossed
02/05/2021	Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 12-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2021	Placed on Calendar
02/07/2021	Read first time
02/07/2021	Referred to Committee on Education
02/08/2021	Continued to Special Session 1 in Education
02/15/2021	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 4-N)
03/01/2021	Left in Education