Bill Text: NC H358 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: School Performance Grade Scale

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-14 - Ch. SL 2015-17 [H358 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-H358-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 358

 

 

Short Title:        School Performance Grade Scale.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives L. Johnson, Horn, Holloway, and Elmore (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Education ‑ K‑12.

March 26, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to extend the use of the fifteen‑point scale for assignment of school performance grades for the 2014‑2015 and 2015‑2016 school years only.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 115C‑83.15(d), for the 2014‑2015 school year and the 2015‑2016 school year only, for all schools the total school performance score shall be converted to a 100‑point scale and used to determine a school performance grade based on the following scale:

(1)        A school performance score of at least 85 is equivalent to an overall school performance grade of A.

(2)        A school performance score of at least 70 is equivalent to an overall school performance grade of B.

(3)        A school performance score of at least 55 is equivalent to an overall school performance grade of C.

(4)        A school performance score of at least 40 is equivalent to an overall school performance grade of D.

(5)        A school performance score of less than 40 is equivalent to an overall school performance grade of F.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.