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| Bill | Public schools; evaluation & recommendations for certain current and proposed policies, revisions. | Board of Education; stakeholder group; evaluation of and recommendations for certain current and proposed policies and performance standards for public elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Board of Education to collaborate with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary of Education to evaluate, to implement where possible, and to otherwise make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the following goals: (i) promoting excellence in instruction and student achievement in mathematics; (ii) increasing the number of academic year Governor's Schools in the Commonwealth and maintaining standards of excellence for students in all such schools; (iii) preserving the Advanced Studies Diploma as an option for students in public high schools in the Commonwealth; (iv) increasing the transparency and honesty of performance measures for public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth and ensuring that such measures do not obscure or conceal disparities in performance among student groups and reduce or eliminate disparities among student groups; (v) ensuring that performance measures for public elementary and secondary schools prioritize the attainment of grade-level proficiency and growth during the course of a school year and from school year to school year in reading and mathematics for all students, especially in grades kindergarten through five; (vi) ensuring that the Commonwealth's proficiency standards on Standards of Learning assessments in reading and mathematics are rigorous in comparison with assessments administered by other states and national assessments in reading and mathematics; and (vii) restoring a strong accreditation system that promotes meaningful accountability year-over-year. The bill requires the Secretary of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, no later than November 30, 2022, to report to the chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health the results of such evaluation and recommendations to achieve such goals. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 938 | Virginia HB 938 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 938 (2022) — Public schools; evaluation & recommendations for certain current and proposed policies, revisions.
Board of Education; stakeholder group; evaluation of and recommendations for certain current and proposed policies and performance standards for public elementary and secondary schools. Requires the Board of Education to collaborate with the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Secretary of Education to evaluate, to implement where possible, and to otherwise make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding the following goals: (i) promoting excellence in instruction and student achievement in mathematics; (ii) increasing the number of academic year Governor's Schools in the Commonwealth and maintaining standards of excellence for students in all such schools; (iii) preserving the Advanced Studies Diploma as an option for students in public high schools in the Commonwealth; (iv) increasing the transparency and honesty of performance measures for public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth and ensuring that such measures do not obscure or conceal disparities in performance among student groups and reduce or eliminate disparities among student groups; (v) ensuring that performance measures for public elementary and secondary schools prioritize the attainment of grade-level proficiency and growth during the course of a school year and from school year to school year in reading and mathematics for all students, especially in grades kindergarten through five; (vi) ensuring that the Commonwealth's proficiency standards on Standards of Learning assessments in reading and mathematics are rigorous in comparison with assessments administered by other states and national assessments in reading and mathematics; and (vii) restoring a strong accreditation system that promotes meaningful accountability year-over-year. The bill requires the Secretary of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, no later than November 30, 2022, to report to the chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health the results of such evaluation and recommendations to achieve such goals.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0099 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22106901D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB938ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104194D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 22104194D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
- A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104194D
introduction - 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2022-01-26 Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
referral-committee - 2022-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB938)
- 2022-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- 2022-02-07 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-07 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-10 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2022-02-10 Engrossed by House as amended HB938E
- 2022-02-10 Printed as engrossed 22104194D-E
- 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-11 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB938E)
- 2022-03-03 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-03-03 Committee substitute printed 22106901D-S1
substitution - 2022-03-03 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-04 Passed by for the day
- 2022-03-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB938S1)
- 2022-03-08 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-08 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-03-08 Committee substitute agreed to 22106901D-S1
- 2022-03-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB938S1
- 2022-03-08 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-09 Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106901D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-09 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-11 Enrolled
- 2022-03-11 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-11 Signed by President
- 2022-03-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB938ER)
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 99 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/763d13b6-037b-4cc8-9219-92634d1a4b20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).