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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT

INVESTMENT INITIATIVE

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Phillips, Casey, McNamara, Shekarchi, and O'Brien

     Date Introduced: January 30, 2014

     Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 16-7.1-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-7.1 entitled "The Paul

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W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     16-7.1-13. State leadership in conducting annual assessments of student

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performance. – (a) Setting high standards for student performance must be paired with related

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assessments that will determine what progress the state is making toward bringing all children to

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high levels of achievement. A state assessment program shall be continued and expanded in core

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areas (mathematics, reading, writing and health). The program shall include performance

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standards and an annual report that disaggregates performance by race, poverty, native language

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and gender. The general assembly shall annually appropriate funds to support the programs, and

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the amount shall be recalculated annually. The commissioner of education shall implement the

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state assessment program.

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     (b) Notwithstanding the results of any state assessments, all public school systems in the

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state shall require that a student shall have a minimum cumulative grade point average of at least

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seventy (70) out of one hundred (100) points for all years the student attend public high school, in

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order to graduate from high school.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT

INVESTMENT INITIATIVE

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     This act would provide that all public school systems in the state would require a student

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to have a minimum cumulative grade point average of at least seventy (70) out of one hundred

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(100) for all years the student attend public high school, in order to graduate from high school.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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