Feds approve amendments to Virginia's K-12 accountability and support plan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : After awaiting a months-long review by the federal government, the Virginia Department of Education announced on Monday that it can fully implement its School Performance and Support Framework plan for how students will be assessed in public schools.
55% : Sen. Barbara Favola, D-Arlington, and Del. Laura Jane Cohen, D-Fairfax, have introduced Senate Bill 753 and House Bill 500, which would require the Board of Education to begin developing Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments in languages other than English starting next school year.
52% : Del. Shelly Simonds, D-Newport News, introduced HB 1829, which would create new programs and policies to improve mathematics instruction and student outcomes.HB 1890 by Del. Michael Feggans, D-Virginia Beach, would create a program to compensate professionally licensed teachers in hopes of reducing the teacher shortage and reliance on provisionally licensed teachers in public schools.
47% : Del. Delores Oates, R-Warren, and Sen. Tammy Mulchi, R-Pittsylvania, introduced HB 1809 and SB 749, requiring K-12 public schools and higher education colleges and universities that have sports teams to label each team as either boys, girls, or coed based on the biological sex of the players.
46% : "Having received this final federal approval, Virginia educators and families know the expectations set for their public schools and students remain in place and they can continue to work towards those goals without worry of the planning and preparations they have already completed being disregarded.

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