Bill Text: VA HB332 | 2021 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Reading diagnostic tests; DOE to develop and implement a pilot program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-12-04 - Left in Education and Health [HB332 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-HB332-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Reading diagnostic tests; DOE to develop and implement a pilot program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-12-04 - Left in Education and Health [HB332 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-HB332-Comm_Sub.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 332
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Appropriations
on February 7, 2020)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Hope)
A BILL to create a pilot program relating to reading
diagnostic tests.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. The Department of Education (the Department) shall develop a geographically representative pilot program that updates and enhances the Phonological Awareness and Literacy Screening (PALS) to add components of a rapid automatized test. The Department shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the outcomes of the pilot program and on the resources necessary for statewide implementation no later than December 1, 2022.
