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 |
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Signed by Governor |
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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
08/05/2021: 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 |