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SB 36 - QBE - policies on academic performance for promotion

Cagle, Casey (49th)	Johnson, Eric B (1st)	Price, Thomas E (56th)

Status Summary	SC:	Ed	HC:		FR:	01/25/99	LA:	01/25/99	S - Read 1st time

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A bill to amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to require local boards of education to adopt policies defining the adequate academic performance of students and to prohibit the promotion of students in violation of such policies; to require that students in the third grade achieve a satisfactory score on a reading test before promotion to the next grade level.

Code Sections - 20-2-146

SB 36  99                                          LC 27 0732 
 
      SENATE BILL 36 
 
      By:  Senators Cagle of the 49th, Johnson of the 1st, 
           Price of the 56th and others 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official 
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Quality Basic Education 
  1- 3  Act," so as to require local boards of education to adopt 
  1- 4  policies defining the adequate academic performance of 
  1- 5  students and to prohibit the promotion of students in 
  1- 6  violation of such policies; to require that students in the 
  1- 7  third grade achieve a satisfactory score on a reading test 
  1- 8  before promotion to the next grade level; to authorize the 
  1- 9  State Board of Education to promulgate certain regulations; 
  1-10  to provide for the application of these requirements to 
  1-11  students in special education programs; to provide for an 
  1-12  effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other 
  1-13  purposes. 
 
  1-14       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-15                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-16  Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of 
  1-17  Georgia Annotated, the "Quality Basic Education Act," is 
  1-18  amended in Part 2, relating to competencies and core 
  1-19  curriculum, by adding at the end thereof a new Code section, 
  1-20  to be designated as Code Section 20-2-146, to read as 
  1-21  follows: 
 
  1-22    "20-2-146. 
 
  1-23    (a) Local boards of education shall adopt policies 
  1-24    defining the adequate academic performance of students, 
  1-25    and no student shall be promoted from one grade to another 
  1-26    in violation of that policy. 
 
  1-27    (b) The restriction on promotion in this Code section 
  1-28    shall not apply to any disabled student who is lawfully 
  1-29    assigned to a special education program unless such 
  1-30    restriction is consistent with the student's 
  1-31    Individualized Education Program." 
 
 
 
 
 
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  2- 1                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2- 2  Said article is further amended in Code Section 20-2-281, 
  2- 3  relating to assessment of the effectiveness of educational 
  2- 4  programs, by adding at the end thereof a new subsection, to 
  2- 5  be designated as subsection (f), to read as follows: 
 
  2- 6    "(f) No student shall be promoted from grade three unless 
  2- 7    the student has achieved a satisfactory score on a 
  2- 8    nationally norm-referenced instrument in reading.  The 
  2- 9    State Board of Education is authorized and directed to 
  2-10    adopt regulations to implement this subsection.  Said 
  2-11    regulations shall specify the particular test to be 
  2-12    administered and define the satisfactory score on such 
  2-13    test.  Said regulations shall further provide that any 
  2-14    disabled child, as defined by the provisions of this 
  2-15    article, shall be afforded opportunities to take any test 
  2-16    adopted by the state board to implement this subsection. 
  2-17    Said regulations shall further provide for appropriate 
  2-18    accommodations in the administration of such tests.  The 
  2-19    requirements of this subsection shall not apply to any 
  2-20    disabled student who is lawfully assigned to a special 
  2-21    education program unless such requirements are consistent 
  2-22    with the student's Individualized Education Program." 
 
  2-23                           SECTION 3. 
 
  2-24  This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1999. 
 
  2-25                           SECTION 4. 
 
  2-26  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-27  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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