All Roll Calls
Yes: 189 • No: 131
VirginiaHB22442025 Regular SessionHouse
Standards of Quality; measurement of student educational performance and academic achievement.
Sponsored By: Rae Cousins (Democratic)
To Governor
Summary
Standards of Quality; standards of accreditation; measurement of student educational performance and academic achievement; calculation of proportionality score required. Directs the Board of Education (the Board), in consultation with the Department of Education (the Department), to establish and implement standards for determining and recognizing student educational performance and academic achievement in the form of a weighted proportionality score for each school, to account for no less than five percent of such school's accreditation rating score or metric under the current school accountability system, for the purpose of identifying, accounting for in determining accreditation ratings, and addressing disparities in access to educational resources across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups in public schools in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Department to (i) develop a metric for calculating the weighted proportionality score for each school using certain variables calculated by the Department; (ii) develop a metric for calculating the improvement of a school's proportionality score received year over year; (iii) assign for each school based on such school's proportionality score a proportionality designation of "highly proportional," "proportional," "somewhat disproportional," and "highly disproportional"; and (iv) require any school board that contains within the school division a school assigned a proportionality designation of "highly disproportional" to develop and submit to the Department a remediation plan detailing the actions such school board will take to reduce disparities in access to education resources. The bill directs the Board to (a) amend its regulations to include as a school quality indicator the weighted proportionality score developed in accordance with the bill and (b) submit to the U.S. Department of Education within 90 days of the effective date of the bill any amendments necessary to its state plan pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended, that are necessary to implement the provisions of the act. Finally, the bill requires its provisions to be implemented beginning with the 2025–2026 school year.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Rae Cousins
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/20/2025
Senate substitute agreed to by House
Yes: 51 • No: 47
Senate vote • 2/19/2025
Passed Senate with substitute
Yes: 21 • No: 19
Senate vote • 2/17/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading)
Yes: 39 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/13/2025
Reported from Education and Health with substitute
Yes: 9 • No: 5
House vote • 2/4/2025
Read third time and passed House
Yes: 52 • No: 47
House vote • 1/29/2025
Reported from Education
Yes: 12 • No: 10
House vote • 1/28/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting
Yes: 5 • No: 3
Actions Timeline
House sustained Governor's veto
4/2/2025HouseVetoed by Governor
3/24/2025GovernorGovernor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/11/2025GovernorEnrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
3/11/2025HouseSigned by President
3/10/2025SenateFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2244)
3/7/2025HouseBill text as passed House and Senate (HB2244ER)
3/7/2025HouseEnrolled
3/7/2025HouseSigned by Speaker
3/7/2025HouseSenate substitute agreed to by House (51-Y 47-N)
2/20/2025HousePassed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
2/19/2025SenateEngrossed by Senate - committee substitute
2/19/2025SenateEducation and Health Substitute agreed to
2/19/2025SenateRead third time
2/19/2025SenateReading of substitute waived
2/19/2025SenatePassed by for the day
2/18/2025SenatePassed by for the day
2/17/2025SenateConstitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
2/17/2025SenateRules suspended
2/17/2025SenateFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2244)
2/14/2025HouseCommittee substitute printed 25107254D-S1
2/13/2025SenateReported from Education and Health with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
2/13/2025SenateAssigned Education sub: Public Education
2/10/2025SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2/5/2025SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2/5/2025Senate
Bill Text
Veto Explanation
3/24/2025
Enrolled
3/7/2025
Substitute
2/13/2025
Substitute
2/11/2025
Introduced
1/7/2025
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