Bill Text: VA SB305 | 2014 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Standards of Learning; expedited retake.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-04 - Left in Appropriations [SB305 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-SB305-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 305 Offered January 8, 2014 Prefiled January 6, 2014 A BILL to increase eligibility for an expedited retake of a Standards of Learning assessment. ---------- Patron-- Deeds ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to increase the number of students and the number of grade levels that are eligible for an expedited retake of Standards of Learning assessments. The regulations shall permit students in grades three through five who score in the 390 to 399 range on a Standards of Learning assessment to (i) receive focused remediation and (ii) take an alternative assessment in the established testing window.