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Public schools in Virginia are accredited by established rules and regulations which are set down by the Virginia Department of Education, although these rules were subject to further restructuring in 2006. today, the rules and regulations which accredit public schools in Virginia are called the Standards of Accreditation. The Board of Education has devised certain guidelines for local public schools which enables them to award verified Standard Diploma to students. There are certain criteria ruling the governance of public schools and one such criteria is the Standard of Learning tests in history, science and social sciences that are conducted for students of class 9 and above. It is these tests which make a secondary school student eligible for graduation in the state's universities.
Students who enroll into public schools in Virginia need to give the compulsory end-of-course SOL tests, other substitute assessments and some student-selected tests. The compulsory subjects in which students need to pass in order to pass end-of-course standard of learning are; English, Mathematics, Science, History and Social Science. Students who want to appear for substitute tests need to choose their option after proper counseling in the schools. For students who want to enroll into Virginia's public schools, they need to produce proper verified credit proofs to the Board of Education in Virginia. The student selected tests range across subjects like computer science and technical education. The standard school year of public schools in Virginia are 185 class days and the actual class time without recess is 51/2 hours.
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