Bill Text: VA SB1078 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Federal accountability indicators; PSAT/NMSQT, PreACT.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-06 - Continued to 2021 in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) [SB1078 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB1078-Introduced.html
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SENATE BILL NO. 1078
Offered January 17, 2020
A BILL to direct the Department of Education to amend its state plan pursuant to the Every Student
Succeeds Act to include the PSAT/NMSQT and PreACT, grant verified credit to
students with approved scores for these tests, and
permit schools to count those students as a "pass."
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Patron-- Suetterlein
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. That the Department of Education shall amend its state plan pursuant to the Every Student Succeeds Act to include the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and the PreACT. The Department shall grant verified credit to students who have earned approved scores on these two tests and permit schools to count those students as a "pass."
