S 1246  Joint Resolution, By Moore

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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.
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   04/24/02  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7
   04/24/02  Senate Referred to Committee on Education SJ-7
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   06/06/02  Senate Senate insists upon amendment and conference
                     committee appointed  Sens. Moore, Peeler, Giese
   06/06/02  House  Conference committee appointed  Reps. Miller,
                     Gilham and Walker HJ-36
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                     Peeler, Giese
   06/06/02  Senate Free conference report received and adopted
   06/06/02  House  Free conference powers rejected HJ-205

May 29, 2002

    S. 1246

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

Read the first time May 2, 2002.

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.