08 LC 33
2389S
The
House Committee on Education offers the following substitute to HR
1014:
A
RESOLUTION
Strongly
urging the State Board of Education to establish uniform statewide standards for
honors courses; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
there are currently no state-wide standards for honors courses required by the
State Board of Education, and as a result, there is no uniformity among local
school systems that offer honors courses to their students; and
WHEREAS,
a high school senior earning a college preparatory diploma must have a 3.0 grade
point average, and a high school senior earning a career/technical diploma must
have a 3.2 grade point average in order to receive a HOPE scholarship as an
entering college freshman; and
WHEREAS,
because of the lack of uniformity of honors courses provided across the state,
high school students who take honors courses do not receive weighted grades for
purposes of the HOPE scholarship program to compensate for the difficulty of
taking such courses; and
WHEREAS,
advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses do have statewide
standards, and course work for these classes does receive weighted values for
purposes of determining eligibility for a HOPE scholarship; and
WHEREAS,
the implementation of statewide standards for honors courses would ensure more
equitable treatment for Georgia´s students with respect to determining
eligibility for a HOPE scholarship.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the State Board
of Education is very strongly urged to establish uniform standards for honors
courses by December 31, 2008.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the State
Board of Education.