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Student instruction; local alternative instructional time models permitted.

It became law on Apr 4, 2024.

VA HB 1477 · House Bill · 2024

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Became law
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Sponsors
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Latest action
Apr 4, 2024

What it does

Public schools; instructional time; competency-based education. Requires the Board of Education to provide local school boards maximum flexibility to waive existing instructional clock hour requirements by developing alternative instructional time models in accordance with the Board's regulations and guidelines relating to instructional time waivers. The bill directs the Board, when revising its regulations and adopting Standards of Accreditation, to provide flexibility for school boards to develop programs that provide for acceleration, remediation, and multiple pathways to graduation that permit students to demonstrate competency at different rates. The bill also requires the Board to…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

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    Apr 4, 2024

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