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IN SB0143
Bill
Status
1/26/2018
Primary Sponsor
Jean Leising
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AI Summary
- Department of Education must request by September 1, 2018 that public secondary schools submit information on their grading systems, including percentile requirements for letter grades in A-F systems
- Commission for Higher Education must request by September 1, 2018 that state educational institutions report whether and how they use high school GPAs for enrollment eligibility decisions
- Department and Commission must jointly submit a report to the General Assembly by November 1, 2018 analyzing disparities in college enrollment eligibility caused by different high school grading scales
- Report must include recommendations for preventing disparities in how students from different grading systems are evaluated for college admission
- Effective upon passage with provisions expiring January 1, 2019; passed Senate Committee on Education and Career Development 9-0
Legislative Description
Study of student performance grades. Requires the department of education (department) and the commission for higher education (commission) to study and submit a report describing as to whether there is any disparity in determining enrollment eligibility in a state educational institution or educational program offered by the state educational institution that is caused by the use of different grading scales by public secondary schools. Requires the department and commission to submit the report to the general assembly. Requires a public secondary school to submit certain information to the department regarding the calculation of a public secondary student's grade. Requires a
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2/6/2018