HB 1679 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

SOL; Bd. of Education shall prioritize incorporation of assessments in languages other than English.

Summary

Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments; availability in commonly spoken languages other than English. Requires the Board of Education to prioritize the incorporation of Standards of Learning assessments in commonly spoken languages in the Commonwealth other than English into its statewide student assessment system, and in any contract that it enters into with a third party for the development, establishment, and maintenance of such system.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 3, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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What changed between versions

Appropriations Substitute → HAPP Sub: Elementary & Secondary Education Substitute · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill's header was updated to reflect that it is being offered for consideration on January 29, 2025, rather than specifying a committee action date of January 31, 2025. This change adjusts the procedural timeline for the bill's introduction but does not alter the substantive policy regarding Standards of Learning assessments.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the change is procedural.

TIMELINE

The date associated with the House Committee on Appropriations action was changed from January 31, 2025, to a blank placeholder, indicating the specific date of the substitute action is to be filled in later.

Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

51–47

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 100

Feb 4, 2025

D Democratic51

51 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican49

47 Nay 2

95% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Public Education

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 10-N)

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Committee

Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (13-Y 8-N)

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Committee

Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (6-Y 2-N)

lower

Jan 10, 2025

Committee

Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee

lower

Jan 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education

lower

1 primary · 17 co-sponsors