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Bill 1246

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1246
Type of Legislation:              Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20020424
Primary Sponsor:                  Moore
All Sponsors:                     Moore
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-resmin\bills\moore\smin1012.tlm.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Free Conference Committee 89 SFCC
Date of Last Amendment:           20020606
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
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20020606  Free Conference Committee Report       89 SFCC
                  adopted
Senate  20020606  Free Conference Powers granted,        89 SFCC Moore
                  appointed Senators to Committee                Peeler
                  of Free Conference                             Giese
House   20020606  Conference Committee Appointed         98 HCC  Walker
                                                                 Gilham
                                                                 Miller
Senate  20020606  Conference powers granted,             88 SCC  Peeler
                  appointed Senators to Committee                Moore
                  of Conference                                  Giese
Senate  20020606  Insists upon amendment
House   20020605  Non-concurrence in Senate amendment
Senate  20020529  House amendments amended,
                  returned to House with amendment
------  20020523  Scrivener's error corrected
House   20020523  Read third time, returned to Senate
                  with amendment
House   20020522  Request for debate withdrawn
                  by Representative                              Govan
House   20020522  Amended, read second time
House   20020522  Request for debate by Representative           Govan
------  20020520  Scrivener's error corrected
House   20020516  Committee report: Favorable with       21 HEPW
                  amendment
House   20020502  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee
Senate  20020501  Read third time, sent to House
------  20020501  Scrivener's error corrected
Senate  20020430  Read second time, unanimous consent
                  for third reading on the next
                  Legislative day
Senate  20020430  Recalled from Committee                04 SED
Senate  20020424  Introduced, read first time,           04 SED
                  referred to Committee


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Revised on May 29, 2002 - Word format

HOUSE AMENDMENTS AMENDED

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.

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