SB979
Public schools; delayed implementation and review of revised public school accountability system.
Summary
As Introduced. Department of Education; public school accountability; delayed implementation and review of revised public school accountability system; report; emergency.
Directs the Department of Education to delay for a period of one year the implementation of the revised public school accountability system adopted pursuant to applicable Board of Education regulations in order to conduct a review of and establish a stakeholder advisory committee to solicit input on such revised public ... (More) school accountability system for the purpose of ensuring that such accountability system is designed to achieve fair, transparent, and actionable results aimed at improving student growth and learning outcomes across the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Department to, by April 1, 2026, (i) publish a report on the process and findings of the review conducted in accordance with the provisions of the bill and (ii) submit to the Governor, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, and the House Committee on Education a plan for modifying and implementing the revised public school accountability system that incorporates the findings of the review conducted and the input from the stakeholder advisory committee established in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill contains an emergency clause. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-08-2025 25101189D
- 01/07/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/16/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25105405D-S1
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB979)
- 01/29/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (17-Y 22-N) Close Floor Vote
