The 2023 General Assembly passed SB 1124 requiring the Virginia Board of Education (“Board") to make recommendations to the General Assembly for amendments to the Standards of Quality establishing standards for the maintenance and operations, renovation, and new construction of public elementary and secondary school buildings. This legislation also requires the inclusion of standards for the percentage of the current replacement value of a public school building that a school board should budget for the maintenance and operations of the building as well as other standards as the Board deems appropriate. To develop these recommendations, the Board was required to solicit the input of relevant stakeholders including the public. The Board’s final recommendations are to be submitted to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July 1, 2024.