Standards of Quality; SOL assessments in languages other than English, development & administration.
Summary
Standards of Quality; Standards of Learning assessments in languages other than English; development and administration. Requires (i) the Board of Education to develop Standards of Learning assessments in native languages other than English that are most commonly spoken in the Commonwealth; (ii) each school board to make available any such native language assessment to any English language learner student who speaks any such language natively and is identified as having limited English proficiency; (iii) the English language learner faculty at any such student's school to make the final determination as to whether administration of any such native language assessment is appropriate; and (iv) the provisions of the bill to be implemented by the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Education to submit to the U.S. Department of Education by August 1, 2025 any amendments to its consolidated plan under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act, that are necessary to implement its provisions.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 4, 2024
Last action Feb 5, 2025
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Education and Health Substitute
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The bill was amended from an original introduction to a Senate substitute version, primarily changing the bill title to focus on native language assessments for English language learners and adding a Senate committee date. The substantive policy content regarding accreditation standards, assessment requirements, and corrective action plans appears to remain largely unchanged in the provided text, with most modifications being formatting and header updates rather than policy alterations.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on Virginia public school accreditation and Standards of Learning assessments, with no substantive changes to applicability.
TECHNICAL
Bill title was shortened from 'development and administration' to 'assessments; availability in native language for certain English language learners'
Added Senate substitute designation, committee date (January 23, 2025), and patron information (Senator Favola)
Bill number changed from 25101351D to 25105192D
Removed original introduction date (January 8, 2025) and prefile date (December 4, 2024)
Added page header information including timestamp (1/28/25 14:32) and document identifier (SB753S1)
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Total actions
7
Key actions
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Committee
3
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Dec 4, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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