Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP133801.asp
Timestamp: 2019-12-06 20:46:05
Document Index: 68784407

Matched Legal Cases: ['§4722', '§7', '§6209', '§3', '§5', '§6214', '§1', '§6214', '§1', '§1', '§15686', '§1', '§44', '§19301', '§2', '§1']

HP1338, LD 1900, item 1, An Act To Repeal Proficiency-based Diplomas
LD 1900 Session - 128th Maine Legislature
LR 3017
An Act To Repeal Proficiency-based Diplomas
Sec. 10. 20-A MRSA §4722-A, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C, §7, is repealed.
Sec. 12. 20-A MRSA §6209, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 489, §5, is amended to read:
Sec. 13. 20-A MRSA §6214, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 500, §1, is amended to read:
Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, for public schools, public charter schools and private schools approved for tuition purposes that enroll at least 60% publicly funded students, the commissioner shall implement a school accountability system to measure school performance and student proficiency in students' achieving the knowledge and skills described in the parameters for essential instruction and graduation requirements established under section 6209, subsection 2 and that meets the reporting requirements of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, 20 United States Code, Section 6311(h) and related regulations.
Sec. 14. 20-A MRSA §6214, sub-§§1 to 3, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 500, §1, are amended to read:
Sec. 15. 20-A MRSA §15686-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C, §44, is further amended to read:
Sec. 16. 20-A MRSA §19301, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 372, §1, is amended to read:
This bill repeals the provisions of law relating to proficiency-based high school diploma standards.
The Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs has not taken a position on the substance of the bill and by reporting out this bill the committee is not suggesting and does not intend to suggest that it agrees or disagrees with any aspect of this bill. The committee is reporting the bill out for the sole purpose of the bill's being referred to the committee for an appropriate public hearing and subsequent processing in the normal course.