Bill > HB643

This bill requires the Board of Education to consider specific changes to the School Performance and Support Framework, which is used to evaluate how well schools are doing and provide support. These changes include developing new terminology for school performance labels that better show a school's progress on a continuous scale, and giving equal weight to student growth (how much students improve over time) and proficiency (how many students meet grade-level standards) when assessing a school's contribution to learning. The bill also mandates that the Department of Education create a plan and timeline for these changes and for providing preliminary school performance results to local school divisions before the start of each school year, including anticipated federal identification status and preliminary performance labels. This plan must be submitted to legislative committees by August 1, 2026. This legislation incorporates HB 1323 and is a recommendation from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, an independent body that reviews government programs.

Education, Health and Social Services

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB643