Virginia House Bill 1448 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 30 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Left in Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Public School Improvement Program. Creates the Virginia Public School Improvement Program (the Program) to offer maximum educational options and flexibility for parents, teachers, and students. The bill authorizes local school boards to designate or approve any public school within its school division to participate in the Program if (i) it has not applied to operate as, converted to, or received permission from the local school board to operate as a public charter school; (ii) a majority of parents and teachers of students at the school have petitioned the school board to participate in the Program; or (iii) the school board has determined that, notwithstanding having satisfied the requirements of the Standards of Learning and Standards of Accreditation, less than 81 percent of the students enrolled in a public school within the school division have demonstrated proficiency in reading and less than 79 percent of the students enrolled have demonstrated proficiency in mathematics for three consecutive school years. Local school boards would continue to receive state basic school aid funding for such schools, and participating schools would be exempt from certain school division policies and state regulations, but would have to meet SOQ, SOL, SOA, and certain federal requirements. Participation in the Program can be rescinded by petition of a majority of parents and teachers, violation of the contract with the local school board, or failure of students to achieve satisfactory academic progress each year for two consecutive school years. The bill requires the Board of Education to establish guidelines to assist school boards in implementing the Program in the school division and provide technical assistance to school boards upon request.

Virginia Public School Improvement Program; established, report.

Del. Delores McQuinn [D]

Del. Glenn Davis [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-10	House	Left in Education
2015-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote
2015-01-16	House	Assigned Education sub: Education Reform
2014-12-30	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2014-12-30	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101514D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	212.16:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	212.16:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1448
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1448+hil