VirginiaSOL assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release.
What it does
Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release. Makes several clarifying revisions to applicable law relating to the development, administration, and scoring of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessment methods for determining the level of achievement of Standards of Learning objectives by all students, including (i) clarifying that students who are children with disabilities, as that term is defined by applicable law, who participate in alternative methods of Standards of Learning assessment administration or in alternate assessments through the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program are exempt from several requirements set forth in applicable law relating to the administration and grading of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessments and (ii) repealing the provisions requiring the Board of Education to establish a through-year growth assessment system in lieu of a one-time end-of-year assessment. The provisions of the bill limiting the number of end-of-course assessments that may be administered to students in grades seven through 12 and requiring the score received by each student in grades seven through 12 on an end-of-course assessment to account for at least 10 percent of the student's final grade in such course are subject to a contingent and delayed effective date.
More detail
This bill is identical to SB 200.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 6Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0102)Latest
- Apr 6Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 102 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 31Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 31Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026Minor
- Mar 31Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 31Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB299)
- Mar 30Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 30Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB299ER)Major
- Mar 30EnrolledMinor
- Mar 10Senate substitute agreed to by House (90-Y 8-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 9Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 9Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 9Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)Major
- Mar 9Read third timeMinor
- Mar 6Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 6Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 6Rules suspended
- Mar 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB299)
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 5Committee substitute printed 26108901D-S1Major
- Mar 5Senate subcommittee offered
- Mar 5Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 26Assigned Education sub: Public EducationMinor
- Feb 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB299)
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 17Read third time and passed House (86-Y 11-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 16committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 16Read second timeMinor
- Feb 13Read first timeMinor
- Feb 11Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 3-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- Feb 9Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary EducationMinor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9Committee substitute printed 26107407D-H1Major
- Feb 9Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N)Minor
- Feb 6House committee offered
- Jan 9Referred to Committee on EducationMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104302DIntroduced