HB299
SOL assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 10, 2026
House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (90-Y 8-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Dan Helmer (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release.
Makes several clarifying revisions to applicable law relating to the development, administration, and scoring of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessment methods for determining the level of achievement of Standards of Learning objectives by all students, including (i) clarifying that students who are children with disabilities, as that term ... (More) is defined by applicable law, who participate in alternative methods of Standards of Learning assessment administration or in alternate assessments through the Virginia Alternate Assessment Program are exempt from several requirements set forth in applicable law relating to the administration and grading of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessments and (ii) repealing the provisions requiring the Board of Education to establish a through-year growth assessment system in lieu of a one-time end-of-year assessment. The provisions of the bill limiting the number of end-of-course assessments that may be administered to students in grades seven through 12 and requiring the score received by each student in grades seven through 12 on an end-of-course assessment to account for at least 10 percent of the student's final grade in such course are subject to a contingent delayed effective date. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104302D
- 01/09/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/06/2026 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 02/06/2026 - House: House committee offered
- 02/09/2026 - House: Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 3-N)
- 02/09/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/09/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107407D-H1
- 02/09/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 02/10/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/11/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 3-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (86-Y 11-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/20/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB299)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108901D-S1
- 03/05/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB299)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (90-Y 8-N 0-A)
