Virginia Senate Bill 1374 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 19 2013 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-23 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Schools that have been denied accreditation and fail to make progress toward accreditation; turnaround specialist. Requires local school boards, when a school has been denied accreditation and has failed to make satisfactory progress toward full accreditation, to implement meaningful interventions designed to improve academic achievements. The interventions shall be provided in an agreement between the Board of Education and the local school board and shall be consistent with the following principals: (i) reviewing the performance of the current principal and either (a) replacing the principal if such a change is necessary to ensure strong and effective leadership or (b) demonstrating to the Board that the current principal has a track record in improving achievement and has the ability to lead the turnaround effort; (ii) providing the principal with operational flexibility in the areas of scheduling, staff, curriculum, and budget; (iii) reviewing the quality of all staff and retaining only those who are determined to be effective and have the ability to be successful in the turnaround effort; (iv) providing ongoing professional development informed by the teacher evaluation and support systems and tied to teacher and student needs; (v) redesigning the school day, week, or year, as deemed necessary, to include additional time for student learning and teacher collaboration; (vi) strengthening the school's instructional program based on students' needs and ensuring that the instructional program is research-based, rigorous, and aligned with state academic content standards; (vii) using data to inform instruction and for continuous improvement, including by providing time for collaboration on the use of data; (viii) establishing a school environment that improves school safety and discipline and addressing other non-academic factors that impact student achievement, such as students' social, emotional, and health needs; and (ix) providing ongoing mechanisms for family and community engagement. In addition, the bill requires the Board to appoint an experienced external educational consultant to work with the local school board and principal in implementing the interventions. The Board shall determine whether additional state or local resources are necessary to implement the interventions. In lieu of implementing these interventions, the local school board may convert the school or close it and reopen it as a charter school or under an education management organization.

Schools; interventions for those denied accreditation and failing to demonstrate progress.

Sen. Harry Blevins [R]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Sen. Kenneth Alexander [D]

2013-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Education (18-Y 4-N) (Y: 19 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 7-N) (Y: 32 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-23	House	Left in Appropriations
2013-02-21	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2013-02-21	House	Reported from Education (18-Y 4-N)
2013-02-21	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2013-02-21	House	Read first time
2013-02-21	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-02-20	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
2013-02-19	Senate	Passed by for the day
2013-02-19	Senate	Printed as engrossed 13104914D-ES1
2013-02-19	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1374ES1
2013-02-19	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2013-02-19	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2013-02-19	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 13104914D-S1
2013-02-19	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2013-02-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-19	Senate	Read first time
2013-02-18	Senate	Reported from Finance with amendment (13-Y 2-N)
2013-02-14	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2013-02-14	Senate	Committee substitute printed 13104914D-S1
2013-02-14	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2013-01-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2013-01-31	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 13100759D
2013-01-31	Senate	Unanimous consent to introduce

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22	1	253.13:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1374
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1374+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1374S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1374ES1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S04V0219+SB1374
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S05V0277+SB1374
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0710SB1374+SB1374
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0764SB1374+SB1374
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H09V0207+SB1374