SB200Introduced in the Senate
SOL assessments and related assessment methods; development, administration, scoring, and release.
Introduced by Schuyler VanValkenburg, District 16
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
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 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 and delayed effective date. This bill is identical to HB 299.
Where it stands
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103)
April 6, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House of Delegates votes
3 recorded votes · each counted separately
Senate votes
7 recorded votes · each counted separately
House of DelegatesStage: Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 10-N 0-A) · March 13, 2026
85
Yes
10
No
4
Absent or Not Voting
99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each delegate voted
| Delegate | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Hope | 1 | Yes |
| Adele McClure | 2 | Yes |
| Alfonso Lopez | 3 | Yes |
| Charniele Herring | 4 | Yes |
| Kirk McPike | 5 | Yes |
| Richard Sullivan | 6 | Yes |
| Karen Keys-Gamarra | 7 | Yes |
| Irene Shin | 8 | Yes |
| Karrie Delaney | 9 | Yes |
| Dan Helmer | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104348D
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Senate subcommittee offered
Senate subcommittee offered
Senate subcommittee offered
Senate subcommittee offered
Senate committee offered
Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
Senate committee offered
Incorporates SB16 (Suetterlein)
Committee substitute printed 26107470D-S1
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day
Read second time
Education and Health Substitute agreed to
Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended (Voice Vote)
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB200)
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee on Education
House committee offered
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (14-Y 7-N)
Read second time
Read third time
committee amendment agreed to
Engrossed by House as amended
Passed House with amendment (82-Y 15-N 0-A)
House Amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
House insisted on amendments
House requested conference committee
Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Conferees appointed by Senate
Senate Conferees: VanValkenburg, Pekarsky, Craig
Conferees appointed by House
House Conferees: Helmer, Anderson, Hamilton
Conference Report released
Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 10-N 0-A)
Enrolled
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB200ER)
Signed by President
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB200)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Approved by Governor-Chapter 103 (Effective - see bill)
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0103)
Verify the information
- Official page on the Virginia Legislature website
- Education and Health Amendment (amendment)
- Finance and Appropriations Amendment (amendment)
- Education Amendment (amendment)
- Education Amendment (amendment)
- House Amendment (amendment)
- Fiscal Note/Analysis (supplement)
- Conference Report (supplement)
- Fiscal Note/Analysis (supplement)
- Introduced (text)
- Comm Sub (text)
- Comm Sub (text)
- Comm Sub (text)
- Engrossed (text)
- Comm Sub (text)
- Enrolled (text)
- Chaptered (text)
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