MS HB1117

Lowers the minimum ACT composite score required for high school graduation from the standard to 15 for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years due to COVID-19-related educational disruptions

Requires local school districts to decrease the minimum reading assessment score needed for third-grade promotion during those two school years, with policies subject to State Department of Education approval

Directs the State Department of Education to reduce minimum performance standards on statewide assessment tests for eighth-grade students for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years

All reduced standards must account for learning disruptions caused by school closures and forced reliance on virtual instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic

These provisions are temporary measures that apply only to the specified two school years