2024 General Assembly Session

Standards of Quality/Standards of Accreditation Related Legislation

Fairfax County Public Schools, Office of Government Relations

This page tracks all the Standards of Quality/Standards of Accreditation related legislation considered during the 2024 General Assembly Session. Summaries are linked to the Division of Legislative Services’ web pages for text, up to date summary information, and fiscal impact statements. If a bill of interest is not found in one category, please check another as legislation often can fit under multiple categories.

Legislation signed by the Governor will go into effect on July 1, 2024, unless otherwise specified in the legislation itself.

UPDATED: 01/21/2024

Standards of Quality/Standards of Accreditation – ACTIVE

Bill #Catch LinePatronDate Routed
HB10High school graduation; requires passing score on select questions from U.S. Naturalization Test.Ware01/03/2024
HB13High school graduation; requires passing score on select questions from U.S. Naturalization, etc.Ware01/03/2024
HB98Public secondary schools; satisfaction in physical education requirement, participation in Jr. ROTC.Green01/03/2024
HB181Public school staffing ratios; school counselors.Feggans01/03/2024
HB359Public school funding; nonpersonal cost categories; federal fund deduction methodology.Simonds01/08/2024
HB360Superintendent of Public Instruction; duties; fixed and actual school staffing ratios.Simonds01/08/2024
HB386Public school staffing ratios; specialized student support positions.Hernandez01/08/2024
HB 495Board of Education; Standards of Quality; Standards of School Safety.Garrett01/09/2024
HB 582Public high schools; personnel; career coach required.Simonds01/09/2024
HB 624Equity in public school funding; student need; English language learner, special education.Rasoul01/09/2024
HB 663School Divisions of Innovation; regulatory exemptions; clock hours of instruction.Tata01/09/2024
SB 127Public school staffing ratios; school counselors; specialized student support positions.VanValkenburg01/09/2024
SB 128Public school funding; certain calculations.VanValkenburg01/09/2024
SB 139High school graduation; alternative pathways to advanced studies diploma & associated diploma seals.Carroll Foy01/09/2024
SB 161Board of Education; high school graduation; alternative pathway to advanced studies diploma.McGuire01/09/2024
SB 187Department of Education; plan to revise special education staffing requirements; report.Subramanyam01/09/2024
SB 199High school graduation requirements; satisfaction of certain course credits.Diggs01/09/2024
SB 227Public school funding; certain calculations; certain support services positions; programs.Hashmi01/09/2024
SB 228Public school funding; English language learner students and children with disabilities.Hashmi01/09/2024
SB 272Public school staffing ratios; teachers; English language learner students.Hashmi01/09/2024
HB 761Public school funding; certain calculations; certain support services positions.Delaney01/10/2024
HB 825Public school funding; At-Risk Program established.Cousins01/10/2024
HB 828Public school staffing ratios; teachers; English language learner students.Cousins01/10/2024
HB 937School boards; state funding for public education; student transportation; innovative alternatives.LeVere Bolling01/10/2024
HB 1009High school graduation requirements; satisfaction of certain course credits with workforce.Lovejoy01/11/2024
HB 1051Public education; dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment; high school graduation.Batten01/11/2024
HB 1081Public schools; instructional time.Coyner01/11/2024
HB 1247Public school staffing ratios; teachers; English language learner students.Maldonado01/11/2024
HJ 67Study; joint committee of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education.Simonds01/11/2024
HB 1345High school graduation requirements; satisfaction of elective course credits.Anthony01/14/2024
SB 434Public schools; instructional time.Suetterlein01/14/2024
SB 518Public high schools; personnel; college and career specialist required.Williams Graves01/14/2024
SB 563Public education; dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment; high school graduation.Hackworth01/14/2024
SB 609Public school funding; At-Risk Program established.Aird01/14/2024
SB 726Public secondary schools; naloxone procurement, possession, and administration; school board.Pillion01/24/2024