HB 331 — Public K-12 schools; nonpublic school transfer students excluded from certain assessments determining school or school district grade.

HB331 INTRODUCEDENROLLED HB331 TEUL999-1TEUL999-2 By Representatives Woods, Colvin, Brinyark, Shaw, Rigsby, Kirkland, Pettus, Wadsworth, Whorton, Paramore, Hammett, Robertson, Reynolds, Hulsey, Yarbrough, Underwood, Kiel, Stubbs, Shedd, DuBose, Bolton, Starnes, Baker RFD:

19-Mar-24 Page 0 TEUL999-1HB331 03/19/2024Enrolled INTEnrolled, (L)INTAn 2024-934Act, 23 4Relating SYNOPSIS:to public K-12 education and the school report card;

Under existing law, public K-12 schools are annually assigned a grade based on school and district performance.

This bill would exclude the academic performance of students who transfer into a public school from a nonpublic school from consideration when assigning a grade to a school or school district for the first three years of enrollment of the transferring student.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to public K-12 education and the school report card;

Page 1 HB331 INTRODUCED "§16-6C-2 (a) In addition to any other labels or designations assigned to public schools and public school districts pursuant to a federal, state, school, district, or other assessment or accountability system, the State Superintendent of Education, consistent with this chapter, shall develop a school grading system reflective of school and district performance.

(4) Schools receiving a grade of "D" are making less Page 1 HB331 Enrolled than satisfactory progress.

Page 2 HB331 INTRODUCED (c) The State Superintendent of Education shall prescribe the design and content of the school grading system by not later than December 31, 2012.

Page 2 HB331 Enrolled (e) The State Superintendent of Education shall make these grades available to the general public and shall post these grades on the website of the State Department of Education as soon as the grades are available.

(f)(1) Using state-authorized assessments and other key performance indicators that give a total profile of the school or the school system, or both, a school's grade, at a minimum, shall be based on a combination of student achievement scores, Page 3 HB331 INTRODUCED achievement gap, college and career readiness, learning gains, and other indicators as determined by the State Superintendent of Education to impact student learning and success.

The educational 95 progress of each of these students shall continue to be measured in the academic growth category and the progress in English language proficiency category, and, at the end of the five-year period for the student, his or her proficiency shall again be considered in assigning an academic achievement grade to a school or school system on the state A-F school grading Page 3 HB331 Enrolled system.

The educational progress of each of these transfer students shall continue to be measured in the academic growth category, and, beginning with the fourth year of enrollment of the transfer student, his or her academic achievement shall be 95 considered in assigning an academic achievement grade to a school or school system on the state A-F school grading Page 4 HB331 INTRODUCED system.

Page 4 HB331 Enrolled (g) The A-F school grading system shall be consistently applied so that grades of one school or system may be compared to the grades of any other school or system." Section 2.

Page 5 HB331 Enrolled ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate House of Representatives I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and was passed by the House 30-Apr-24.

John Treadwell Clerk Senate 08-May-24 Passed Page 6