VirginiaSOL assessments & related student assessment methods; assessment development, etc., reform.
What it does
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 contains a provision exempting from the requirement that all end-of-course assessments be administered no earlier than two weeks prior to the last day of the school year any assessments administered as a part of a competency-based assessment system.
More detail
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 do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2026 Session of the General Assembly and certain others have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- May 2Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0675)Latest
- May 2Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 675 (Effective - see bill)Major
- Apr 2Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025To Governor
- Vote recorded House concurred in Governor's recommendation #'s 2-12 (88-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Senate concurred in #'s 2-12 Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded House rejected Governor's recommendation #1 (33-Y 61-N). Result: fail.Lower
- Apr 2Communicated to Governor
- Apr 2Signed by President as reenrolledMajor
- Apr 2Signed by Speaker as reenrolledMajor
- Apr 2Reenrolled bill text (HB1957ER2)Minor
- Apr 2ReenrolledMinor
- Apr 2Governor Glenn Youngkin's recommendation adopted in-partBecame Law
- Apr 2Senate concurred in #'s 2-12 Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- Apr 2House concurred in Governor's recommendation #'s 2-12 (88-Y 5-N)
- Apr 2House rejected Governor's recommendation #1 (33-Y 61-N)Major
- Mar 24Governor Glenn Youngkin's recommendation received by HouseMinor
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025Minor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1957ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 20Senate substitute agreed to by House (59-Y 37-N)Major
- Vote recorded Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Senate substitute agreed to by House (59-Y 37-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 20Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N)Major
- Feb 20Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- Feb 20Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N)Passed Senate
- Feb 20Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 20Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- Feb 20Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 20Read third timeMinor
- Feb 19Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 19Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
- Feb 19Rules suspended
- Feb 17Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Committee substitute printed 25107047D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 4-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 4-N)Minor
- Feb 10Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 3Education Substitute agreed to
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Jan 31Read first timeMinor
- Jan 30Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
- Jan 29Committee substitute printed 25106310D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N)Minor
- Jan 28Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 24Assigned Educ sub: K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 6Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 6Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103847DIntroduced