VA HB1957 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-10 - Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Pending: Senate Education: Public Education Committee
Hearing: Feb 10 @ 7:00 pm in Senate Room C, Room 311, General Assembly Building
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-10 - Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Pending: Senate Education: Public Education Committee
Hearing: Feb 10 @ 7:00 pm in Senate Room C, Room 311, General Assembly Building
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related student assessment methods; assessment development, implementation, and administration reform. Modifies provisions relating to assessment methods for determining the level of achievement of the Standards of Learning objectives by all students, including (i) requirements relating to assessment administration aimed at maximizing instructional time and optimizing time used for assessment administration; (ii) criteria and guidelines for the structure and content of Standards of Learning assessments and alternative assessments developed by local school boards, including criteria for the types of assessment items that shall be included; (iii) provisions relating to eligibility and timelines for students to retake assessments; and (iv) the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessments, including a requirement that all such assessments be scored on a 100-point scale. The bill requires the Board of Education to provide any teacher who participates in the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments professional development points toward renewal of his license for the time spent scoring such assessments. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop and make available to each school board certain templates and guidelines relating to assessment content and structure and assessment scoring. Certain provisions of the bill are subject to reenactment clause and certain others are subject to a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
Title
SOL assessments & related student assessment methods; assessment development, etc., reform.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-02-04 - House - Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N) (Y: 62 N: 37 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - House - Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - House - Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-28 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-10 | Senate | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| 2025-02-05 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2025-02-05 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N) |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Education Substitute agreed to |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Read second time |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Read first time |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957) |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Committee substitute printed 25106310D-H1 |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) |
| 2025-01-24 | House | Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee |
| 2025-01-06 | House | Referred to Committee on Education |
| 2025-01-06 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103847D |
