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House20020522Request for debate withdrawn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
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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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