2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

25102200D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1788

Offered January 13, 2025

Prefiled January 6, 2025

A BILL to exclude certain excused student absences from the calculation of chronic absenteeism for the purpose of the readiness indicator in the Board of Education's School Performance and Support Framework.

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Patron—Orrock

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Referred to Committee on Education

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. In any case in which a student experiences an unexpected excused absence of any length based on extenuating circumstances, any such period of excused absence shall be excluded from the calculation of chronic absenteeism for the purpose of the readiness indicator in the Board of Education's school accountability system known as the School Performance and Support Framework or any successor school accountability system.