Richmond Bill regarding VA Public Schools & school rating websites

Anonymous
I received this info in my FCPS school board rep’s email:

HB2003 - School Advertising

Introduced on January 11 by Delegate Ibraheem Samirah, HB2003 would prevent false advertising about Virginia's public schools. This bill would ensure that school ratings sites are prevented from publishing disparaging and inaccurate information about the public schools in Virginia.

I was able to speak and provide comments in support of HB2003, as well as advocate to Fairfax Delegates who are in the committees hearing this bill.

mailto:Melanie.Meren@fcps.edu
Anonymous
Or, for a different take on this particular bill (already discussed):
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/943519.page
Anonymous
OP Again. Sorry it posted before I finished editing. I wanted to add link and Quotation marks

https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HB2003/2021?utm_...ovdelivery&utm_term=
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Or, for a different take on this particular bill (already discussed):
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/943519.page


Thanks I looked for an existing thread and didn’t see that one.
Anonymous
Greatschools and their integration with Redfin haven't really helped the country. Have they helped families? Maybe.

We used to do a better job of integration and inclusion, by purposefully working towards it. Then that idea went out of vogue and we decided to let the market sort things out.

And here we are. The good schools get gooder and the bad schools get badder. I'm not sure how to fix it. I don't know that this bill will. I can think of other ways of purposefully integrating neighborhoods which would have a more effective effect on schools. But hiding some information might be a place to start. Gotta start somewhere.
Anonymous
"66. Using in any advertising any information regarding the quality of any public or private
162 elementary or secondary school other than information derived from the school quality indicators
163 contained in the School Quality Profiles established by the Department of Education or information
164 derived from the school's website or the website of the school's district, unless such advertising contains
165 a statement, displayed on its face in a conspicuous manner, that such school quality information is not
166 derived from the school quality indicators contained in the School Quality Profiles established by the
167 Department of Education or endorsed by the Department of Education. The provisions of subsection F of
168 § 59.1-199 shall apply to this subdivision."

That's the text of the law as amended. It seems like every private school website will have to be slathered in disclaimers and great schools will continue to rate schools like they always have, with a disclaimer
Anonymous
I'm not even sure what it means. This is intended to kill realtors posting information about school ratings, but those ratings are, in fact, "derived from" state and county data.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I'm not even sure what it means. This is intended to kill realtors posting information about school ratings, but those ratings are, in fact, "derived from" state and county data.


No they aren’t. They give a skewed data interpretation
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