Bill Text: VA HB241 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Students who are English language learners; BOE to consider certain assessment.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516) [HB241 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB241-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 516 An Act to require the Board of Education to consider certain alternative assessments for students who are English language learners. [H 241] Approved March 28, 2016

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. The Board of Education shall consider assessments aligned to the Standards of Learning that are structured and formatted in a way that measures the content knowledge of students who are English language learners and that may be administered to such students as Board of Education-approved alternatives to Standards of Learning end-of-course English reading assessments.