Virginia HB 1277: Public schools; Standards of Learning assessments.

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20107646D 

HOUSE BILL NO. 1277 

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE 

(Proposed by the House Committee on Education 

on February 5, 2020) 

(Patrons Prior to Substitute--Delegates O'Quinn and Coyner [HB 
931]) 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 22.1-253.13:3 of the Code of 
Virginia, relating to Standards of Learning assessments; reform. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 22.1-253.13:3 of the Code of Virginia is amended 
and reenacted as follows:

� 22.1-253.13:3. Standard 3. Accreditation, other standards, 
assessments, and releases from state regulations.

A. The Board of Education shall promulgate regulations 
establishing standards for accreditation pursuant to the Administrative Process 
Act (� 2.2-4000 et seq.), which shall include student outcome measures, 
requirements and guidelines for instructional programs and for the integration 
of educational technology into such instructional programs, administrative and 
instructional staffing levels and positions, including staff positions for 
supporting educational technology, student services, auxiliary education 
programs such as library and media services, requirements for graduation from 
high school, community relations, and the philosophy, goals, and objectives of 
public education in Virginia.

The Board of Education shall promulgate regulations 
establishing standards for accreditation of public virtual schools under the 
authority of the local school board that enroll students full time.

The Board's regulations establishing standards for 
accreditation shall ensure that the accreditation process is transparent and 
based on objective measurements and that any appeal of the accreditation status 
of a school is heard and decided by the Board.

The Board shall review annually the accreditation status of 
all schools in the Commonwealth. The Board shall review the accreditation 
status of a school once every three years if the school has been fully 
accredited for three consecutive years. Upon such triennial review, the Board 
shall review the accreditation status of the school for each individual year 
within that triennial review period. If the Board finds that the school would 
have been accredited every year of that triennial review period the Board shall 
accredit the school for another three years. The Board may review the 
accreditation status of any other school once every two years or once every 
three years, provided that any school that receives a multiyear accreditation 
status other than full accreditation shall be covered by a Board-approved 
multiyear corrective action plan for the duration of the period of 
accreditation. Such multiyear corrective action plan shall include annual 
written progress updates to the Board. A multiyear accredi