Bill Text: VA HB1294 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled

Virginia House Bill 1294 (Prior Session Legislation)

Prefiled

Bill Title: English language learner students, certain; removal from certain calculations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - Left in Education [HB1294 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB1294-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1294 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled January 8, 2020 A BILL to require the Board of Education to permit certain English language learner students to be removed from certain non-academic school performance indicator calculations. ---------- Patron-- Kory ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. The Board of Education shall permit any English language learner student who enters high school with an English language proficiency level of 1 or 2, has been enrolled in public schools in the Commonwealth for fewer than four semesters, and has a final four-year cohort status of dropout or unconfirmed to be removed from the calculation of the dropout rate and graduation and completion index non-academic school performance indicators for English language learner students under the Standards of Accreditation.