Virginia SB 664: Graduation requirements; clock hours.

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18103701D

SENATE BILL NO. 664 

Offered January 10, 2018 

Prefiled January 10, 2018 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 22.1-253.13:4 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to graduation requirements; clock hours. 
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Patrons-- McPike and McClellan 

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Referred to Committee on Education and Health 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 22.1-253.13:4 of the Code of Virginia is amended 
 and reenacted as follows:

� 22.1-253.13:4. Standard 4. Student achievement and 
 graduation requirements.

A. Each local school board shall award diplomas to all 
 secondary school students, including students who transfer from nonpublic 
 schools or from home instruction, who meet the requirements prescribed by the 
 Board of Education and meet such other requirements as may be prescribed by the 
 local school board and approved by the Board of Education. Provisions shall be 
 made to facilitate the transfer and appropriate grade placement of students 
 from other public secondary schools, from nonpublic schools, or from home 
 instruction as outlined in the standards for accreditation. The standards for 
 accreditation shall include provisions relating to the completion of graduation 
 requirements through Virtual Virginia. Further, reasonable accommodation to 
 meet the requirements for diplomas shall be provided for otherwise qualified 
 students with disabilities as needed.

In addition, each local school board may devise, vis-a-vis the 
 award of diplomas to secondary school students, a mechanism for calculating 
 class rankings that takes into consideration whether the student has taken a 
 required class more than one time and has had any prior earned grade for such 
 required class expunged.

Each local school board shall notify the parents of rising 
 eleventh and twelfth grade students of (i) the requirements for graduation 
 pursuant to the standards for accreditation and (ii) the requirements that have 
 yet to be completed by the individual student.

B. Students identified as disabled who complete the 
 requirements of their individualized education programs and meet certain 
 requirements prescribed by the Board pursuant to regulations but do not meet 
 the requirements for any named diploma shall be awarded Applied Studies 
 diplomas by local school boards.

Each local school board shall notify the parent of such 
 students with disabilities who have an individualized education program and who 
 fail to meet the graduation requirements of the student's right to a free and 
 appropriate education to age 21, inclusive, pursuant to Article 2 (� 22.1-213 
 et seq.) of Chapter 13.

C. Students who have completed a prescribed course of study as 
 defined by the local school board shall be awarded cert