HB0016 - Public schools-student performance standards.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0231.E1 ENGROSSED |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0016
Public schools-student performance standards.
Sponsored by: Joint Education Interim Committee
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
public school performance and graduation
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standards; modifying requirements for graduation as
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specified; imposing different types of student proficiency
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with respect to performance standards; imposing assessment
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duties upon school districts; and providing for an
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effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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10 Section 1. W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iii)(intro)
and (iv),
11 21-3-110(a) by creating a new
paragraph (xxii) and
12 21-9-101(b)(intro) are amended to
read:
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14 21-2-304. Duties of the state board of education.
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16 (a) The state board of education shall:
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1 (iii) By rule and
regulation and in consultation
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and coordination with local school districts, prescribe
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uniform student performance standards for the common core
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of knowledge and the common core of skills specified under
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W.S. 21-9-101(b) and promulgate uniform prescribe student
6 performance standards for programs addressing the special
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needs of student populations specified under W.S.
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21-9-101(c) 21-9-101(c)(i) based upon each student's
9 individualized education plan.
Student performance
10 standards prescribed under this
paragraph shall include
11 standards for graduation from any
high school within any
12 school district of this state based
upon performance or 13
mastery of the types
of proficiency in the common core of
14 knowledge and common core of skills
prescribed under W.S.
15 21-9-101(b) as demonstrated through an assessment system
16 developed by school districts pursuant to W.S.
17 21-3-110(a)(xxii). Graduation standards imposed
under this
18 paragraph shall require the
successful completion of the
19 following components, as evidenced
by passing grades or by
20 the successful performance on
competency-based equivalency
21 examinations:
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23 (iv) Establish,
in consultation with local
24 school districts, through testing or other means, a
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1 requirement
for each student to demonstrate mastery of one
2 (1) of three (3) types of proficiency
in the common core of
3
knowledge and skills in order to earn a high school
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diploma.;The
three (3) types of proficiency, as
5 demonstrated through the assessment
system implemented by
6 the district, shall include:
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8 (A) Advanced;
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10 (B) Honors;
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12 (C) General.
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14 21-3-110. Duties of boards of trustees.
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16 (a) The board
of trustees in each school district
17 shall:
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19 (xxii) Establish an assessment system to
20 demonstrate
types of proficiency in the common core of
21 knowledge and the common core of skills prescribed under
22 W.S. 21-9-101(b) and (c), as required for graduation from
23 any high school in the district.
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1 21-9-101. Educational programs for
schools;
2 standards;
core of knowledge and skills; special needs
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programs; class size
requirements; cocurricular activities.
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5 (b) Each school
district within the state shall
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provide educational programs sufficient to meet uniform
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student performance standards at the level types of
8 proficiency established by
the state board of education in
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the following areas of knowledge and skills:
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11 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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13 (END)
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