2001-2002 Bill 1246: Schools, to Establish a Committee to Study the Manner in Which Improvement

BIL:1246

TYP:Joint Resolution JR

INB:Senate

IND:20020424

PSP:Moore

SPO:Moore

DDN:l:\s-resmin\bills\moore\smin1012.tlm.doc

RBY:Senate

COM:Free Conference Committee 89 SFCC

LAD:20020606

SUB:Schools, to establish a committee to study the manner in which improvement ratings of schools are determined under Education Accountability Act

HST:

BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved

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Senate20020606Free Conference Committee Report89 SFCC

adopted

Senate20020606Free Conference Powers granted,89 SFCCMoore

appointed Senators to CommitteePeeler

of Free ConferenceGiese

House20020606Conference Committee Appointed98 HCCWalker

Gilham

Miller

Senate20020606Conference powers granted,88 SCCPeeler

appointed Senators to CommitteeMoore

of ConferenceGiese

Senate20020606Insists upon amendment

House20020605Non-concurrence in Senate amendment

Senate20020529House amendments amended,

returned to House with amendment

------20020523Scrivener's error corrected

House20020523Read third time, returned to Senate

with amendment

House20020522Request for debate withdrawn

by RepresentativeGovan

House20020522Amended, read second time

House20020522Request for debate by RepresentativeGovan

------20020520Scrivener's error corrected

House20020516Committee report: Favorable with21 HEPW

amendment

House20020502Introduced, read first time,21 HEPW

referred to Committee

Senate20020501Read third time, sent to House

------20020501Scrivener's error corrected

Senate20020430Read second time, unanimous consent

for third reading on the next

Legislative day

Senate20020430Recalled from Committee04 SED

Senate20020424Introduced, read first time,04 SED

referred to Committee

Versions of This Bill

Revised on 20020430

Revised on 20020501

Revised on 20020516

Revised on 20020520

Revised on 20020522

Revised on 20020523

Revised on 20020529

TXT:

HOUSE AMENDMENTS AMENDED

May 29, 2002

S.1246

Introduced by Senator Moore

S. Printed 5/29/02--S.

Read the first time May 2, 2002.

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A JOINT RESOLUTION

TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE TO STUDY REVISIONS IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THE IMPROVEMENT RATINGS OF SCHOOLS UNDER THE EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT IS DETERMINED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. (A) A committee of nine members is established to study and make recommendations concerning revisions to the manner in which the improvement ratings of schools under the Education Accountability Act is determined. The study of the committee shall include, but is not limited to, consideration of the following matters:

(1) revisions to consider:

(a) any significant improvement made by all students between one performance level to the next,

(b) the constant performance of students who perform consistently well from one year to the next, and

(c) students who fall one to five points of reaching the desired performance level, given that many of these same students may have been ten to twenty points short of the mark the previous year;

(2) revisions so that the improvement rating will not be determined under a weighted scheme, which disallows the consideration of individual student improvement, and revisions to avoid the requirement that in order for improvement to be calculated, the student has to move to a different performance level;

(3) adjustments to the improvement rating scale because differences are much too small between the levels at which a rating is assigned, and there is no margin for natural fluctuation. These adjustments should, therefore, include expanding the data points in the scale.

(B) The committee shall consist of nine members, three of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, three shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and three shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The committee shall meet as soon as possible after organizing and elect a chairman and such other officers as it considers necessary. The task force shall issue their report to the House Education and Public Works Committee and the Senate Education Committee no later than January 15, 2003.

(C) Task force members shall receive the usual mileage, subsistence, and per diem provided by law for members of state boards, commissions, and committees while on official business of the task force to be paid from the funds of their appointing authority. Upon issuance of their report, the task force shall be abolished.

SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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