Virginia Parent Data Portal; creation and maintenance by Board of Education.
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, as that term is 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 description of the purpose of each state-supported assessment, an explanation of how to interpret student data on each state-supported assessment, and 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; (iii) is viewable from a mobile device in addition to a desktop computer; and (iv) provides functionality to enable school division personnel to manage and restrict user access to students and their parents. The bill requires the Board and the Department of Education to provide certain guidance and technical assistance to local school divisions on professional development for principals and teachers in parent engagement on and interpretation of student assessment data available through the Portal and requires each school board to annually provide high-quality professional development to principals and teachers on such topics. The bill satisfies the reenactment requirement of Chapter 652 of the Acts of Assembly of 2023.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 28, 2023
Last action Nov 19, 2024
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Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
5
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Dec 28, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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