Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
House Bill 584
"Literacy-Based Promotion Act"; revise to require raw grading scale for overall assessment of students to determine level of instruction.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADOPT POLICIES ALLOWING INSTRUCTORS TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF INTENSIVE INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTION NEEDED BY STUDENTS USING A RAW GRADING SCALE FOR EVALUATING STUDENT PERFORMANCE; TO REQUIRE EACH INSTRUCTOR TO MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS OF INSTRUCTION AND USE HIS OR HER EVALUATION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT AS THE FINAL BASIS FOR ASSIGNING GRADES IN REGULAR COURSE WORK AND DAILY OR WEEKLY ASSESSMENT; TO PROTECT STUDENTS AGAINST PREJUDICED OR CAPRICIOUS ACADEMIC EVALUATION; TO PROHIBIT THE RIGID APPLICATION OF ARBITRARY PERCENTAGES IN THE ASSIGNMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF GRADES IN ANY INSTANCE; TO PROVIDE THAT GRADE ASSIGNMENT SHALL BE BASED SOLELY ON ACHIEVEMENT OF COURSE AND GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS WITHOUT REGARD TO CLASS SIZE OR THE QUALITY OF THE CLASS GROUP; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 37-177-1, 37-177-3, 37-177-5, 37-177-7, 37-177-9, 37-177-11, 37-177-13, 37-177-15, 37-177-17, 37-177-19 AND 37-177-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2015, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.