Rep. Chris Runion

Electric cooperatives; rate adjustment clause;broadband. Authorizes an electric cooperative to petition theState Corporation Commission for approval of one or more rate adjustmentclauses for the timely and current recovery of costs from customersof one or more projects for the provision of broadband. The billprovides that a cooperative may recover the costs of the broadband projects in a rate adjustment clause including the construction workin progress and allowance for funds used during construction, planning,and development of associated infrastructure.

Commending the King William High School footballteam.

Commending the Honorable William C. Mims.

Commending Daphne Tamara Fulson.

Celebrating the life of the Honorable ArthurR. Giesen, Jr.

Commending the Honorable M. Kirkland Cox.

Standards of Learning assessments; reading and mathematics; grades three through eight; individual student growth. Requires the Board of Education to establish, in lieu of a one-time end-of-year assessment and for the purpose of providing measures of individual student growth over the course of the school year, a through-year growth assessment system, aligned with the Standards of Learning, for the administration of reading and mathematics assessments in grades three through eight. The bill requires such through-year growth assessment system to include at least one beginning-of-year and one end-of-year assessment in order to provide individual student growth scores over the course of the school year, provided that the total time scheduled for taking all such assessments shall not exceed 150 percent of the time scheduled for taking a single end-of-year proficiency assessment. The bill requires the Department of Education to ensure adequate training for teachers and principals on how to interpret and use student growth data from such assessments to improve reading and mathematics instruction in grades three through eight throughout the school year. The bill requires such through-year growth assessment system to be fully implemented in each local school division no later than the 2024-2025 school year.

Virginia STEM Education Advisory Board; established;report. Creates the Virginia Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Board to create a unified visionregarding STEM education initiatives, language, and measures of successto promote a culture of collaboration for STEM programming in theCommonwealth. The Board shall develop the infrastructure for creatingSTEM Regional Hubs and naming STEM Champions in communities acrossthe Commonwealth. Additionally, the Board shall report annually tothe Governor and the General Assembly on STEM challenges, goals,and successes across the Commonwealth.

Small agricultural generators; definition. Expands the definition of small agricultural generator to include any business operating a small agricultural generating facility that has been granted a manufacturer license as a distillery, limited distillery, brewery, limited brewery, winery, or farm winery. Under current law, small agricultural generators include only those businesses operating a small agricultural generating facility as part of an agricultural business. This bill incorporates HB 2215.

DMAS; work group to study options for the permanentuse of virtual supports and increasing access to virtual supportsand services; individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to study anddevelop recommendations for the permanent use of virtual supportsand increasing access to virtual supports and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by promoting accessto assistive technology and environmental modifications and to reportits findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2021.