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2014 SESSION
SB 497 A-to-F grading system; delays date for implementing individual school performance grading system.
Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Public schools; individual school performance grading system. Delays from October 1, 2014, to October 1, 2015, the date by which the Board of Education is required to (i) assign a grade from A to F to each public school in the Commonwealth; (ii) make both the system by which grades are assigned and the grade assigned to each school in the Commonwealth available to the public; and (iii) report to the General Assembly a summary of the system and the assigned grades. The bill also requires the Board of Education to evaluate the purposes of the A-to-F grading system for individual school performance and the results of other states that have implemented a similar grading system and to report its findings to the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2014.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101723D
- 01/08/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/30/14 Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (SB324-Miller) (11-Y 4-N)