Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 30 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 31 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-17 - Continued to 2015 in Rules by voice vote
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Study; joint committee to study options for reducing the number of Standards of Learning assessments; report. Establishes a joint committee of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education to gather information and develop recommendations on (i) the feasibility of changing the number, frequency, or content of SOL assessments administered to public school students in grades three through 11; (ii) which SOL assessments to eliminate and which SOL assessments to continue administering; (iii) when to administer SOL assessments; (iv) whether to administer SOL assessments with essay and short answer questions rather than multiple choice questions; (v) whether to allow students to forego SOL assessment if they achieve satisfactory scores on Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or other such assessments; and (vi) the appropriateness of alternative assessments for students with disabilities and students with limited English proficiency. This resolution was continued to the 2015 Session of the General Assembly.

Standards of Learning; joint committees to study options for changing number, etc., of assessments.

Sen. John Miller [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-17	Senate	Continued to 2015 in Rules by voice vote
2013-12-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2013-12-31	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100770D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SJ30
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SJ30+hil