Virginia House Bill 1957
Session 2025
SOL assessments & related student assessment methods; assessment development, etc., reform.
Became Law
Signed by Governor on May 2, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1957
State
Virginia
Session
2025
Motion Text
House rejected Governor's recommendation #1 (33-Y 61-N)
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Summary
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3705.3 and 22.1-253.13:3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related student assessment methods; assessment development, implementation, and administration 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.
Chaptered
Reenrolled
Governor's Recommendation
Enrolled
Education and Health Substitute
Education and Health Subcommittee Substitute
Education Substitute
HED Sub: K-12 Subcommittee Substitute
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
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05/02/2025
Office of the Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0675)
05/02/2025
Office of the Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 675 (Effective - see bill)
04/02/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
04/02/2025
House
Communicated to Governor
04/02/2025
Senate
Signed by President as reenrolled
04/02/2025
House
Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/02/2025
House
Reenrolled bill text (HB1957ER2)
04/02/2025
House
Reenrolled
04/02/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
04/02/2025
Senate
Senate concurred in #'s 2-12 Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
04/02/2025
House
House concurred in Governor's recommendation #'s 2-12 (88-Y 5-N)
04/02/2025
House
House rejected Governor's recommendation #1 (33-Y 61-N)
03/24/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's recommendation received by House
03/11/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
03/11/2025
House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
03/10/2025
Senate
Signed by President
03/07/2025
House
Signed by Speaker
03/07/2025
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
03/07/2025
House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1957ER)
03/07/2025
House
Enrolled
02/20/2025
House
Senate substitute agreed to by House (59-Y 37-N)
02/20/2025
Senate
Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N)
02/20/2025
Senate
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
02/20/2025
Senate
Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N)
02/20/2025
Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
02/20/2025
Senate
Education and Health Substitute agreed to
02/20/2025
Senate
Reading of substitute waived
02/20/2025
Senate
Read third time
02/19/2025
Senate
Passed by for the day
02/19/2025
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
02/19/2025
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
02/19/2025
Senate
Rules suspended
02/17/2025
Senate
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
02/13/2025
Senate
Committee substitute printed 25107047D-S1
02/13/2025
Senate
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 4-N)
02/10/2025
Senate
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
02/05/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/05/2025
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
02/04/2025
House
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N)
02/03/2025
House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
02/03/2025
House
Education Substitute agreed to
02/03/2025
House
Read second time
01/31/2025
House
Read first time
01/30/2025
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
01/29/2025
House
Committee substitute printed 25106310D-H1
01/29/2025
House
Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
01/28/2025
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
01/24/2025
House
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
01/06/2025
House
Referred to Committee on Education
01/06/2025
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103847D
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Record Created
Jan 7, 2025 5:05:01 PM
Record Updated
Oct 13, 2025 2:40:14 PM