Bill Text: VA SB636 | 2014 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Standards of Learning; Board of Education to review assessments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-02-26 - Tabled in Education by voice vote [SB636 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-SB636-Engrossed.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 636 Senate Amendments in [ ] -- February 3, 2014 A BILL to direct the Board of Education to review the Standards of Learning assessments and develop a plan to reduce such assessments. ---------- Patrons Prior to Engrossment--Senators Hanger and Garrett ---------- Referred to Committee on Education and Health ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. The Board of Education shall review the Standards of Learning assessments and develop a plan to reduce, by the 2015-2016 school year, the number of such assessments [ , based on the number of such assessments required during the 2013-2014 school year, ] by at least 25 percent. The Board shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than October 1, 2014.