Bill Text: VA HB929 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Public high school students; civics benchmark assessment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - Left in Education [HB929 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB929-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-208.03 as follows:
§22.1-208.03. Civics benchmark assessment.
The Board shall develop and make available to each school board a civics benchmark assessment and each school board shall require each public high school student enrolled in the local school division, except in the case of a public high school student whose individualized education program indicates otherwise, to take such assessment at least once during grades nine through 12. The Board shall annually report to the Governor and the General Assembly the state-level and school division-level student results on such benchmark assessment in order to aid decision-making regarding any policy changes that may be necessary to improve student learning in civics.
