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| Bill | SOL assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release. | Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release. Makes several clarifying revisions to applicable law relating to the development, administration, and scoring of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessment methods for determining the level of achievement of Standards of Learning objectives by all students, including (i) clarifying that students who are children with disabilities, as that term is defined by applicable law, who participate in alternative methods of Standards of Learning assessment administration or in alternate assessments through the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program are exempt from several requirements set forth in applicable law relating to the administration and grading of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessments and (ii) repealing the provisions requiring the Board of Education to establish a through-year growth assessment system in lieu of a one-time end-of-year assessment. The provisions of the bill limiting the number of end-of-course assessments that may be administered to students in grades seven through 12 and requiring the score received by each student in grades seven through 12 on an end-of-course assessment to account for at least 10 percent of the student's final grade in such course are subject to a contingent and delayed effective date. This bill is identical to SB 200. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 299 | Virginia HB 299 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 299 (2026) — SOL assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release.
Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release. Makes several clarifying revisions to applicable law relating to the development, administration, and scoring of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessment methods for determining the level of achievement of Standards of Learning objectives by all students, including (i) clarifying that students who are children with disabilities, as that term is defined by applicable law, who participate in alternative methods of Standards of Learning assessment administration or in alternate assessments through the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program are exempt from several requirements set forth in applicable law relating to the administration and grading of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessments and (ii) repealing the provisions requiring the Board of Education to establish a through-year growth assessment system in lieu of a one-time end-of-year assessment. The provisions of the bill limiting the number of end-of-course assessments that may be administered to students in grades seven through 12 and requiring the score received by each student in grades seven through 12 on an end-of-course assessment to account for at least 10 percent of the student's final grade in such course are subject to a contingent and delayed effective date. This bill is identical to SB 200.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 5–2 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations — 19–3 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 85–11 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute — 18–3 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 90–8 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104302D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-06 House committee offered
- 2026-02-09 Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-09 Committee substitute printed 26107407D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-09 Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (86-Y 11-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB299)
- 2026-02-26 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2026-03-05 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05 Senate subcommittee offered
- 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26108901D-S1
substitution - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB299)
- 2026-03-06 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-06 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-09 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-03-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-09 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-10 Senate substitute agreed to by House (90-Y 8-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB299ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB299)
- 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 102 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0102)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7db3274a-7abc-4a95-b55c-da341075877d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).