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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1243: Standards of Quality; state accountability, Standards of Learning assessment expedited retake score.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1243 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 14, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Standards of Quality; state accountability, Standards of Learning assessment expedited retake score. Primary sponsor: Israel O'Quinn (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 8, 2026): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Standards of Quality; state accountability; Standards of Learning assessment expedited retake scores. Directs the Board of Education, in its calculation of the passage rate for a Standards of Learning assessment or the level of achievement of the Standards of Learning objectives for an individual student growth assessment for the purposes of state accountability ratings, to include, for any student who retakes an assessment on an expedited basis and receives a passing score, the passing score received on the expedited retake and to exclude the score such student received on the assessment taken during the regular assessment administration period.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Israel O'QuinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Virgil ThorntonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459)
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 459 (effective 7/1/2026)
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026
  5. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1243)
  6. Signed by President
  7. Signed by Speaker
  8. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1243ER)
  9. Enrolled
  10. Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  11. Read third time
  12. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

Showing 12 most recent of 31 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source