Bill Text: VA SB324 | 2014 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: A-to-F grading system; delays date for implementing individual school performance grading system.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-04-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0485) [SB324 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-SB324-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 324 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Education on February 19, 2014) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Miller) A BILL to amend and reenact §2 of Chapter 672 and §2 of Chapter 692 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013, relating to a grading system for individual school performance; study.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §2 of Chapter 672 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§2. The Board of Education, beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, shall report individual school performance using a grading system that includes the standards of accreditation, state and federal accountability requirements, and student growth indicators in assigning grades. The grading system shall be based on an A-to-F grading scale. The Board, by October 1, 2014 2015, shall (i) assign a grade from A to F to each public school in the Commonwealth; (ii) make both the system and the grade assigned to each school in the Commonwealth available to the public; and (iii) report to the General Assembly a summary of the system and the assigned grades.

2. That §2 of Chapter 692 of the Acts of Assembly of 2013 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§2. The Board of Education, beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, shall report individual school performance using a grading system that includes the standards of accreditation, state and federal accountability requirements, and student growth indicators in assigning grades. The grading system shall be based on an A-to-F grading scale. The Board, by October 1, 2014 2015, shall (i) assign a grade from A to F to each public school in the Commonwealth; (ii) make both the system and the grade assigned to each school in the Commonwealth available to the public; and (iii) report to the General Assembly a summary of the system and the assigned grades.