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| Bill | Public school accreditation; triennial review. | Public school accreditation; triennial review. Eliminates the ability of a school that only maintains a passingrate on Virginia assessment program tests or additional tests approvedby the Board of Education of 95 percent or above in each of the fourcore academic areas for two consecutive years to apply for and receivea waiver of accreditation from the Department of Education, whichwaiver confers full accreditation for a three-year period. Current law provides high-performing schools a separate pathway to obtainthree-year accreditation. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1388 | Virginia HB 1388 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1388 (2020) — Public school accreditation; triennial review.
Public school accreditation; triennial review. Eliminates the ability of a school that only maintains a passingrate on Virginia assessment program tests or additional tests approvedby the Board of Education of 95 percent or above in each of the fourcore academic areas for two consecutive years to apply for and receivea waiver of accreditation from the Department of Education, whichwaiver confers full accreditation for a three-year period. Current law provides high-performing schools a separate pathway to obtainthree-year accreditation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0688) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1388ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1388) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 1-N 1-A) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — 37–3 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102722D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2020-01-13 Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB1388)
- 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-05 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-07 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-10 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2020-02-27 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 1-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2020-02-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-02 Passed by for the day
- 2020-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-03 Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
passage - 2020-03-06 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1388ER)
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-06 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 688 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc38d358-dc6e-453d-bc0e-a4b847014448. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).