CODE OF VIRGINIA

BIENNIAL REVIEW OF THE STANDARDS OF QUALITY REQUIRED; BUDGET ESTIMATES (§
22.1-18.01)

A. To ensure the integrity of the standards of quality, the Board of Education
shall, in even-numbered years, exercise its constitutional authority to
determine and prescribe the standards, subject to revision only by the General
Assembly, by reviewing the standards and either (i) proposing amendments to the
standards or (ii) making a determination that no changes are necessary.

B. In any odd-numbered year following the year in which the Board proposes
changes to the standards of quality, the budget estimates that are required to
be reported pursuant to § 2.2-1504 shall take into consideration the
Board’s proposed standards of quality.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 498; 2006, cc. 42, 130.