General Assembly Updates - Bills, Budget, and 2023 Election
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Policy Priorities
The Policy Team of VASCD is committed to elevating teaching and deepening learning through advocacy work as well as strong relationships with legislators and policymakers.
Our three policy priorities are:
Outstanding Educators for Virginia's Students: We must elevate the profession and and champion "autonomy with integrity" from policy to the practitioner.
Modernizing Virginia's Assessment System: Virginia's student assessment system must support and align with today's student learning goals.
Personalized Learning Opportunities for Educators: Educators must have relevant, competency-based professional learning opportunities.
General Assembly Session ended on Saturday without an agreed upon budget amendment to the biennium one signed last year. There was an agreement regarding the $200M+ mistake made for state funding to local divisions. Read a summary from The Washington Post HERE. And one from Richmond Times-Dispatch HERE.
Upcoming legislative dates: March 27 is the final day for governor's action on legislation. The reconvened session, known as "veto session," is scheduled for April 12.
Many legislators have announced they will retire, not run for re-election, or run for other office. Virginia Mercury is keeping a tracker HERE. These announcements add to what will certainly be an interesting June (primaries) and November (election) for all seats in both chambers, to include the re-districting in effect. Read about the Virginia Senate HERE and the Virginia House of Delegates HERE.
Below is a list of bills that will land on the governor's desk our Policy Team supports. Other bills we are either watching or have decided not to track. You can see our full bill tracker HERE, which contains more information including each bill's current status. Additionally, each bill listed below is linked to its page in LIS.
HB 1526 Student literacy measures; scope; students in grades four through eight.
HB 1762 School boards; Teacher Reengagement Program established.
HB 1884 Board of Education; students with disabilities; assessment frequency.
HB 2124 School psychologists; staffing flexibility.
HB 2457 Public elementary and secondary school teachers; certain training activities; frequency; report
SB 1175 Student literacy measures; scope; students in grades four through eight.
SB 1215 Compensation of public school teachers and other Standards of Quality-funded positions; competitive rate.
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