RD566 - Analysis of School Division Reporting Requirements in Response to House Bills 196 and 521 (2016)


Executive Summary:
This report is in response to portions of House Bills 196 and House Bill 521 that amend § 22.1-17 and § 22.1-18 respectively. Specifically, House Bill 196 requires the Board of Education to:

“…report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 15 of each year on (i) information that public elementary and secondary schools and local school divisions are required to provide to the Department of Education pursuant to state law, (ii) the results of the annual evaluation and determination made by the Department of Education pursuant to subsection C, (iii) any reports required of public elementary or secondary schools or local school divisions that the Department of Education has consolidated, (iv) any information that the Department of Education no longer collects from public elementary or secondary schools or local school divisions, and (v) any forms that the Department of Education no longer requires public elementary or secondary schools or local school divisions to complete.”

House Bill 521 requires the Board of Education to develop:

“A complete listing of each report that local school divisions are required to submit to the Board or any other state agency, including name, frequency, and an indication of whether the report contains information that the local school division is also required to submit to the federal government; and

A complete listing of each report pertaining to public education that local school divisions are required to submit to the federal government, including name and frequency.”

This report is responsive to both bills.