CHAPTER NUMBER: 229
File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 71
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Britt, Jones,
and McFadden
- Entitled:
-
Public Schools - Graduation Rate Formula - Collecting, Maintaining,
Analyzing, and Reporting
Requiring county boards of education to collect, maintain, and analyze
graduation rates by dividing the number of students who graduate on
time by the number of students in a four-year cohort; requiring county
boards to report these rates in the aggregate and disaggregated by
specified subgroups; requiring county boards to report graduation
rates to the public and to the State Department of Education;
requiring the Department to compile graduation rates and calculate a
graduation rate for the State; etc.
Senate Action
- 11/15
- Pre-filed
- 1/11
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 1/4
- Hearing 1/18 at 1:30 p.m.
- 1/6
- Hearing cancelled
- 2/8
- Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/14
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/15
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/17
- Third Reading Passed (36-11)
- 4/4
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (38-9)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/17
- First Reading Ways and Means
- 3/22
- Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (128-9)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/2
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 229
Sponsored by:
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- EDUCATION, BOARDS OF
- EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
- EDUCATION -see also- DRIVER ED; HIGHER ED; SPECIAL ED; etc
- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
- PUBLIC INFORMATION
- PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
- REPORTS
- STUDENTS
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Education
- (
7-203.2
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in WordPerfect 8 Format):
Senate
- Number: 584938/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 15, 2006 at:
11:53 a.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 005462/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 4, 2006 at:
12:11 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 17, 2006: Third Reading Passed (36-11)
- April 4, 2006: Third Reading Passed (38-9)
House
- April 1, 2006: Third Reading Passed (128-9)