Standards of Quality; reading diagnostic tests.
Summary
Requires that the first reading diagnostic test administered in the school year to a student in kindergarten through grade three include age-normed and evidence-based phonological processing measures, including phonemic awareness and rapid automatized naming.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2019
Last action Feb 11, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2019
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 4, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1718S1
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106130D-S1
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Jan 23, 2019
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 15, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 15, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19104294D
upper
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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