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Bill 5143

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      5143
Type of Legislation:              Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20020417
Primary Sponsor:                  J.R. Smith
All Sponsors:                     J.R. Smith and D.C. Smith
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\21283sd02.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Schools, to establish a committee to 
                                  study the manner in which improvement ratings 
                                  of schools are determined under Education 
                                  Accountability Act


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20020417  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


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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 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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