2014 -- H 7255 | |
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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 | |
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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: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 16-7.1-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-7.1 entitled "The Paul |
2 | W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 16-7.1-13. State leadership in conducting annual assessments of student |
4 | performance. – (a) Setting high standards for student performance must be paired with related |
5 | assessments that will determine what progress the state is making toward bringing all children to |
6 | high levels of achievement. A state assessment program shall be continued and expanded in core |
7 | areas (mathematics, reading, writing and health). The program shall include performance |
8 | standards and an annual report that disaggregates performance by race, poverty, native language |
9 | and gender. The general assembly shall annually appropriate funds to support the programs, and |
10 | the amount shall be recalculated annually. The commissioner of education shall implement the |
11 | state assessment program. |
12 | (b) Notwithstanding the results of any state assessments, all public school systems in the |
13 | state shall require that a student shall have a minimum cumulative grade point average of at least |
14 | seventy (70) out of one hundred (100) points for all years the student attend public high school, in |
15 | order to graduate from high school. |
16 | 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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1 | This act would provide that all public school systems in the state would require a student |
2 | to have a minimum cumulative grade point average of at least seventy (70) out of one hundred |
3 | (100) for all years the student attend public high school, in order to graduate from high school. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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