HB1957
SOL assessments & related student assessment methods; assessment development, etc., reform.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Governor's recommendation adopted
Chief Patron:
Dan Helmer (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Board of Education; Standards of Learning assessments and related student assessment methods; assessment development, implementation, and administration reform.
Modifies provisions relating to assessment methods for determining the level of achievement of the Standards of Learning objectives by all students, including (i) requirements relating to assessment administration aimed at maximizing instructional time and optimizing time used for assessment administration; (ii) criteria and guidelines for the structure and content of ... (More) Standards of Learning assessments and alternative assessments developed by local school boards, including criteria for the types of assessment items that shall be included; (iii) provisions relating to eligibility and timelines for students to retake assessments; and (iv) the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments and related assessments, including a requirement that all such assessments be scored on a 100-point scale. The bill requires the Board of Education to provide any teacher who participates in the scoring of Standards of Learning assessments professional development points toward renewal of his license for the time spent scoring such assessments. The bill also requires the Board of Education to develop and make available to each school board certain templates and guidelines relating to assessment content and structure and assessment scoring. Certain provisions of the bill are subject to reenactment clause and certain others are subject to a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103847D
- 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/24/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/24/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/28/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/29/2025 - House: Reported from Education with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/29/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25106310D-H1
- 01/30/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Education Substitute agreed to
- 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 37-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (6-Y 4-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25107047D-S1
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/19/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N)
- 02/20/2025 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (59-Y 37-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1957ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1957)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/02/2025 - House: House rejected Governor's recommendation #1 (33-Y 61-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/02/2025 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation #'s 2-12 (88-Y 5-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Governor's recommendation adopted
