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type: "Bill"
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title: "SOL assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release."
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description: "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 HB 299."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 200"
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citation: "Virginia SB 200 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Schuyler T. VanValkenburg"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 52
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-09"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f57ad84-0128-47b4-b496-2c0a24ea2314"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB200"
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source_hash: "4b087bdff383e0303e9b53f8b964eb6424bc26bb71d7be16038c2493b273d260"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 200 (2026) — SOL assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release.
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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 HB 299.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083568.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216479.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209234.HTML)
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4. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209230.PDF)
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5. **Education Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1192078.HTML)
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6. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142990.HTML)
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7. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1144946.PDF)
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8. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1149282.PDF)
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9. **Finance and Appropriations Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1149109.HTML)
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10. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1200217.HTML)
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11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213791.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Accede Conference Committee R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **85–10** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Amendment R — **0–40** (fail) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **82–15** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with amendment(s) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
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- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104348D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-05** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-12** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-12** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-12** Incorporates SB16 (Suetterlein)
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- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute printed 26107470D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-16** Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB200)
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- **2026-02-24** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-24** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** House committee offered
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-03-09** Passed House with amendment (82-Y 15-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** House Amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-03-11** House insisted on amendments
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- **2026-03-11** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Conferees: VanValkenburg, Pekarsky, Craig
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-12** House Conferees: Helmer, Anderson, Hamilton
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- **2026-03-12** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 10-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB200ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB200)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 103 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f57ad84-0128-47b4-b496-2c0a24ea2314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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