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1999 SESSION
HB 2477 Standards of Quality.
Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:
Standards of Quality. Amends Standard 3 of the Standards of Quality, as it will become effective on July 1, 2003, to mandate that the requirements for obtaining a standard or advanced studies high school diploma must include at least two sequential electives. This bill also amends the current version and the future version of Standard 3 to provide technical amendments to correct code errors relating to the transition from the Literacy Passport Test to the Standards of Learning assessments. The Board of Education is authorized, because of recent test security issues, to pursue all available civil remedies for breaches in test security.
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Standards of Quality. Amends Standard 3 of the Standards of Quality to mandate that the requirements for obtaining a standard or advanced studies high school diploma must include at least two sequential electives.
The measure has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2003. Technical amendments correct errors in Standard 3 addressing the phase-out of the Literacy Passport Test.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Standards of Quality. Amends Standard 3 of the Standards of Quality to mandate that the requirements for obtaining a standard or advanced studies high school diploma must include at least two sequential electives.
The measure has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2003. Technical amendments correct errors in Standard 3 addressing the phase-out of the Literacy Passport Test.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Standards of Quality. Amends Standard 3 of the Standards of Quality to mandate that the requirements for obtaining a standard high school diploma must include at least two sequential years of practical arts or fine arts. There is a technical amendment.