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Bill SOL assessments & related student assessment methods; assessment development, etc., reform. Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related student assessment methods; assessment development, implementation, and administration reform. Modifies provisions relating to assessment methods for determining the level of achievement of the Standards of Learning objectives by all students, including (i) requirements relating to assessment administration aimed at maximizing instructional time and optimizing time used for assessment administration; (ii) criteria and guidelines for the structure and content of Standards of Learning assessments and alternative assessments developed by local school boards, including criteria for the types of assessment items that shall be included; (iii) provisions relating to eligibility and timelines for students to retake assessments; and (iv) the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessments, including a requirement that all such assessments be scored on a 100-point scale. The bill contains a provision exempting from the requirement that all end-of-course assessments be administered no earlier than two weeks prior to the last day of the school year any assessments administered as a part of a competency-based assessment system. The bill requires the Board of Education to provide any teacher who participates in the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments professional development points toward renewal of his license for the time spent scoring such assessments. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop and make available to each school board certain templates and guidelines relating to assessment content and structure and assessment scoring. Certain provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2026 Session of the General Assembly and certain others have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1957 Virginia HB 1957 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1957 (2025) — SOL assessments & related student assessment methods; assessment development, etc., reform.

Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related student assessment methods; assessment development, implementation, and administration reform. Modifies provisions relating to assessment methods for determining the level of achievement of the Standards of Learning objectives by all students, including (i) requirements relating to assessment administration aimed at maximizing instructional time and optimizing time used for assessment administration; (ii) criteria and guidelines for the structure and content of Standards of Learning assessments and alternative assessments developed by local school boards, including criteria for the types of assessment items that shall be included; (iii) provisions relating to eligibility and timelines for students to retake assessments; and (iv) the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessments, including a requirement that all such assessments be scored on a 100-point scale. The bill contains a provision exempting from the requirement that all end-of-course assessments be administered no earlier than two weeks prior to the last day of the school year any assessments administered as a part of a competency-based assessment system. The bill requires the Board of Education to provide any teacher who participates in the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments professional development points toward renewal of his license for the time spent scoring such assessments. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop and make available to each school board certain templates and guidelines relating to assessment content and structure and assessment scoring. Certain provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2026 Session of the General Assembly and certain others have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Education and Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
  7. HED Sub: K-12 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  8. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
  9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
  • Senate substitute agreed to by House (59-Y 37-N) — 59–37 (pass) · lower
  • House rejected Governor's recommendation #1 (33-Y 61-N) — 33–61 (fail) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N) — 27–12 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N) — 27–12 (pass) · upper
  • House concurred in Governor's recommendation #'s 2-12 (88-Y 5-N) — 88–5 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 4-N) — 6–4 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N) — 62–37 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
  • Senate concurred in #'s 2-12 Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
  • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103847D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2025-01-24 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-29 Committee substitute printed 25106310D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Education Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2025-02-13 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Committee substitute printed 25107047D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-19 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
  • 2025-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-19 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-20 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-20 Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N) passage
  • 2025-02-20 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-20 Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N) passage
  • 2025-02-20 Senate substitute agreed to by House (59-Y 37-N) substitution
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1957ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
  • 2025-04-02 House rejected Governor's recommendation #1 (33-Y 61-N) veto-override-passage
  • 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation #'s 2-12 (88-Y 5-N)
  • 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in #'s 2-12 Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted in-part executive-signature
  • 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
  • 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (HB1957ER2) enrolled
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2025-04-02 Communicated to Governor
  • 2025-04-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 675 (Effective - see bill) executive-signature
  • 2025-05-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0675)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41ba9c95-70b0-4e19-8c8f-e72fc00aaa15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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