Introduced
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To create a state Education Accountability Policy Commission to develop a system that assigns each public school a letter grade between A and F based on its achievement in six specified indicators: math and English proficiency; math and English progress; progress of non-English speakers at learning the language; graduation rate; absentee rate; and the rate of participation on statewide tests.
Referred to the Committee on Education Reform
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
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To adopt a version of the bill that uses different metrics and has a more streamlined process that gives greater discretion to state officials in determining the grading system's final form.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require the proposed system to include socio-economic factors in assessing a school's performance, and clarify that the performance of chronically absent or special education students.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To tie-bar the bill to a legislative package imposing more restricts on charter schools, meaning this bill cannot become law unless those ones (House Bills 5289 to 5294) do also.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To replace references to the commission proposed by the original bill; the revised version gives the proposed commission's duties to the Department of Education instead.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To adopt a version of the bill that reflects Democratic preferences and does not assign letter grades to schools.
The substitute failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 56 to 53 (details)
To require the Department of Education to develop a system that assigns each public school building a series of letter grades between A and F based on different academic measures, including success and growth rates on the state’s math and reading tests, as indicated by specific metrics the department would determine. Also, schools would be assigned ratings based on their statewide rankings compared to other schools on student absenteeism, proportion of students who take state assessment tests, and performance of socio-economic different subgroups compared to their peers in other schools.
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Passed in the Senate 21 to 17 (details)
