Virginia Parent Data Portal; Board of Education to create and maintain.
Summary
Board of Education; creation and maintenance of Virginia Parent Data Portal. Requires the Board of Education, on or before July 1, 2025, to create and maintain the Virginia Parent Data Portal that, among other things, (i) displays individualized student assessment data on all state-supported assessments, defined in the bill, (a) in a format that shows both current and cumulative data over time and (b) within 45 days of a state-supported assessment window closing for each state-supported assessment; (ii) provides (a) a description of the purpose of each state-supported assessment, (b) an explanation of how to interpret student data on each state-supported assessment, (c) a comparison of a student's performance on each state-supported assessment with the performance of the student's school, the student's school division, and the Commonwealth, and (d) guidance to support parents in understanding and addressing the specific academic needs of their students; (iii) is viewable from a mobile device in addition to a desktop computer; (iv) leverages existing school division user management to restrict user access to students and their parents; and (v) is compatible with each local school division's existing student information system to enable direct integration of state-supported assessment data into local school division parent portals.The bill requires the Board and the Department of Education to develop professional development for principals and teachers in encouraging and supporting parents to engage with, interpret, and use student assessment data available through the Portal to support their student's learning and requires each school board to annually provide such professional development to principals and teachers.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Feb 13, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 7, 2024
How they voted
21–0
Passed
Total votes 21
Feb 7, 2024
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
12
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (21-0)
house of delegates
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned CT & I sub: Communications
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Carrie Coyner
RRepublican
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