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2005 SESSION
SB 779 Standards of Quality; changes in provisions.
Introduced by: H. Russell Potts, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Standards of Quality. Revises the Standards of Quality to require local school boards to (i) provide for data collection and analysis and to use such results in instructional program evaluation; (ii) implement any actions identified through the academic review of schools accredited with a warning; (iii) analyze and report annually the results of industry certification examinations; (iv) annually review their professional development programs; and (v) report compliance with the Standards of Quality annually to the Board of Education.
In addition, the bill (i) increases from 10 to 17 the full-time equivalent instructional positions for each 1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency; (ii) provides that teacher, administrator, and superintendent evaluations shall be consistent with the performance objectives included in the Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Teachers, Administrators, and Superintendents developed by the Board of Education; (iii) replaces Board- and locally-adopted six-year statewide or divisionwide plans, as the case may be, (including those for educational technology) with "comprehensive" statewide or divisionwide plans; and (iv) replaces individual school six-year plans with "comprehensive" plans.
The measure also includes a number of technical or clarifying amendments and additional cross-references for other Code sections. This bill is identical to House Bill 1762 (Dillard).
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/05 Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 057161788 pdf
- 01/20/05 Senate: Committee substitute printed 051541788-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/14/05 House: Committee substitute printed 051876788-H1 pdf
- 03/07/05 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB779ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/29/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/06/05 Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 057161788
- 01/06/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/20/05 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/05 Senate: Committee substitute printed 051541788-S1
- 01/21/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/05 Senate: Read second time
- 01/24/05 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/24/05 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 051541788-S1
- 01/24/05 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB779S1
- 01/25/05 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/05 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/08/05 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/05 House: Read first time
- 02/08/05 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/14/05 House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/14/05 House: Committee substitute printed 051876788-H1
- 02/15/05 House: Read second time
- 02/16/05 House: Read third time
- 02/16/05 House: Committee substitute agreed to 051876788-H1
- 02/16/05 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB779H1
- 02/16/05 House: Passed House with substitute (90-Y 8-N)
- 02/16/05 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (90-Y 8-N)
- 02/18/05 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/05 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/05 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/05 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB779ER)
- 03/09/05 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/09/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/21/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 331 (effective 7/1/05)
- 03/29/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331)