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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1599: Certain end-of-course Standards of Learning assessments; elimination and replacement.

In committee 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 1599 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Certain end-of-course Standards of Learning assessments; elimination and replacement. Primary sponsor: Josh Cole (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Education.

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Official summary

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

Certain end-of-course Standards of Learning assessments; elimination and replacement. Requires the Department of Education to eliminate the end-of-course Standards of Learning assessments for Chemistry and World History II. The bill requires the Board of Education to establish and make available to each local school board guidelines for the administration of a local alternative end-of-course assessment in each such course and each local school board to ensure that each student enrolled in either such course completes the relevant local alternative assessment. The bill clarifies that none of the foregoing provisions shall be construed to alter any high school graduation requirement established in relevant law or regulations.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Josh ColePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse65

“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. Left in Education
  2. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1599)
  3. Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
  4. Referred to Committee on Education
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100603D

Sources

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