Bill Text: VA HB1370 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: High school; prohibition of certain level course grading policies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Left in Education [HB1370 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB1370-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1370 Offered January 22, 2016 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.7, relating to the prohibition of certain high school level course grading policies. ---------- Patron-- Miyares ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-79.7 as follows:

§22.1-79.7. Certain high school level course grading policies prohibited.

No local school board or public high school in the Commonwealth shall adopt grading policies for high school level courses that:

1. Prohibit homework assignments from counting toward any student's grade in any academic course;

2. Prohibit incomplete assignments or assignments not turned in by the assigned deadline from counting as a zero in any student's grade in any academic course;

3. Prohibit extraneous factors such as neatness, effort, and timeliness from being able to be counted toward any student's grade in any course; or

4. Require teachers to permit retakes on tests or assignments that count toward any student's grade in any academic course.