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2023 SESSION

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HB 2495 Middle School Mathematics Innovation Zone Program; established.

Introduced by: Tara A. Durant | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Establishment of Middle School Mathematics Innovation Zone Program. Establishes the Middle School Mathematics Innovation Zone Program, to be administered by the Department of Education, for the purpose of assisting local school divisions to implement competency-based mathematics education and evidence-based mathematics learning models in grades six, seven, and eight in partnership with technical assistance providers and other approved providers, with preference to be given to public middle schools that demonstrate need based on data from the immediately preceding school year on the grades five, six, and seven mathematics Standards of Learning assessments, rural public middle schools, and public middle schools in economically disadvantaged areas.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Establishment of Middle School Mathematics Innovation Zone Fund and Program. Establishes the Middle School Mathematics Innovation Zone Fund and Program, to be administered by the Department of Education, for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to local school divisions to designate middle schools as mathematics innovation zones in which competency-based mathematics education and evidence-based mathematics learning models are implemented in grades six, seven, and eight in partnership with technical assistance providers and other schools. The bill requires the Department to give preference to grant applications for public middle schools identified as in need of support, including schools that demonstrate need based on data from the immediately preceding school year on the grades five, six, and seven mathematics Standards of Learning assessments, rural schools, and economically disadvantaged schools.