Standards of Learning; reduces total number & type of required assessments to minimum requirements.
Summary
Standards of Learning assessments; reduction; report. Reduces the total number and type of required Standardsof Learning assessments to the minimum requirements established by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, asamended. The bill requires the Department of Education to annuallyreport on the estimated projected and actual savings from the implementationof the bill and report the amount of such savings to the Governorand the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and theSenate Committee on Finance and Appropriations no later than the first day of each Regular Session of the General Assembly. The billalso requires that such amount be included in the total for DirectAid to Public Education in any general appropriation act.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2021
Last action Mar 1, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2021
How they voted
21–11
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Feb 5, 2021
D
Democratic17
76% Yea
R
Republican16
50% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Feb 7, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 12-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 20, 2021
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 13, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 13, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100971D
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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