HB 321-FN-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0234

04/03

HOUSE BILL 321-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT requiring proficiency on the statewide assessment for high school graduation.

SPONSORS: Rep. Pitre, Straf 2

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that performance at the proficient level or above on the statewide assessment in high school shall be a prerequisite for high school graduation. The bill also requires the state board of education to adopt rules to establish a procedure for a high school student to demonstrate the required level of competency using the student’s work samples, projects, or portfolios.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0234

04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT requiring proficiency on the statewide assessment for high school graduation.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Statewide Improvement and Assessment; Assessment Required. Amend RSA 193-C:6 to read as follows:

193-C:6 Assessment Required. Each year, a statewide assessment shall be administered in all school districts in the state in grades 3 through 8 and one grade in high school. All public school students in the designated grades shall participate in the assessment, unless such student is exempted, or provided that the commissioner of the department of education may, through an agreement with another state when such state and New Hampshire are parties to an interstate agreement, allow pupils to participate in that state’s assessment program as an alternative to the assessment required under this chapter. Each high school student shall be required to perform at the proficient level or above in the statewide assessment as a prerequisite for graduation. High school students shall be permitted to retake the assessment as often as necessary to demonstrate the required level of competency. The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to establish a procedure to enable a high school student to demonstrate the required level of competency using means other than the statewide assessment such as the student’s work samples, projects, portfolios, or other similar means, as may be determined by the state board. Home educated students may contact their local school districts if they wish to participate in the statewide assessment. Private schools may contact the department of education to participate in the statewide assessment.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO

13-0234

Revised 02/11/13

HB 321 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT requiring proficiency on the statewide assessment for high school graduation.

FISCAL IMPACT:

METHODOLOGY:

 

# of Students Not Achieving Proficiency by the end of 12th Grade (Second Test Attempt)

# of Students Not Achieving Proficiency by the end of their 13th year (Third Test Attempt)

# of Students Not Achieving Proficiency by the end of their 14th year (Fourth Test Attempt)

Total Number of Students Retained

FY 2014

5,440

0

0

5,440

FY 2015

5,440

2,720

0

8,160

FY 2016

5,440

2,720

1,360

9,520

FY 2017

5,440

2,720

1,360

9,520