republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1357.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standards of Learning; reading & mathematics assessments for students in grades three through eight."
description: "Board of Education; through-year growth assessment system; report. Requires the Board of Education to establish a through-year growth assessment system for use during the 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 school years for students in grades three through eight. The bill requires that the system be established using available federal funds and that the system provide accurate measurement of a student's performance in English and mathematics through computer adaptive technology. The bill also requires each school division to administer reading diagnostic assessments throughout the year in grades kindergarten through two, using existing assessments. The bill requires the Board of Education to report to the General Assembly on the results of the through-year growth assessments by September 1, 2022, and September 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1357"
citation: "Virginia SB 1357 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Siobhan S. Dunnavant"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 54
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ada644b1-fa99-4062-93ab-f0ce0bfa86b5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1357"
source_hash: "c69e46f75de5a47e9e4244327afc1275f924f2e7a442baf3ef9e863c729d9c42"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1357 (2021) — Standards of Learning; reading & mathematics assessments for students in grades three through eight.

Board of Education; through-year growth assessment system; report. Requires the Board of Education to establish a through-year growth assessment system for use during the 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 school years for students in grades three through eight. The bill requires that the system be established using available federal funds and that the system provide accurate measurement of a student's performance in English and mathematics through computer adaptive technology. The bill also requires each school division to administer reading diagnostic assessments throughout the year in grades kindergarten through two, using existing assessments. The bill requires the Board of Education to report to the General Assembly on the results of the through-year growth assessments by September 1, 2022, and September 1, 2023. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0444** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0444)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103513D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1357S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 21200055D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1357H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102515D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1357)
5. **SB1357ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1357ER)
6. **SB1357S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1357S2)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Education — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102515D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1357)
- **2021-01-21** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-28** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Committee substitute printed 21103513D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-28** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Passed by temporarily
- **2021-02-04** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-04** Floor substitute printed 21104436D-S2 (Dunnavant)
- **2021-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-04** Committee substitute rejected 21103513D-S1
- **2021-02-04** Reading of amendments waived
- **2021-02-04** Committee amendments rejected
- **2021-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-04** Substitute by Senator Dunnavant agreed to 21104436D-S2
- **2021-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1357S2
- **2021-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Education
- **2021-02-15** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2021-02-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Committee substitute printed 21200055D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 21200055D-H1
- **2021-02-22** Passed by temporarily
- **2021-02-22** Amendment by Delegate Coyner agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB1357H1
- **2021-02-22** Passed House with substitute with amendment (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-23** House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-23** Title replaced 21200055D-H1
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB1357ER)
- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 444 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ada644b1-fa99-4062-93ab-f0ce0bfa86b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).