General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5555
February Session, 2016 *_____HB05555ED____031716____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 5555
February Session, 2016
*_____HB05555ED____031716____*
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MINIMUM BUDGET REQUIREMENT AND PROHIBITING THE INCLUSION OF PARTICIPATION RATES FOR THE STATE-WIDE MASTERY EXAMINATION IN THE CALCULATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ACCOUNTABILITY INDEX SCORE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 10-262j of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(e) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any district that is in the top ten per cent of school districts based on the [district] performance index, as defined in section [10-262u] 10-223e, as amended by this act.
Sec. 2. Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-223e of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(1) "Accountability index" means the score resulting from multiple student, school or district-level measures, as weighted by the Department of Education, that (A) shall include the performance index score and high school graduation rates, [and] (B) may include, but need not be limited to, academic growth over time, attendance and chronic absenteeism, postsecondary education and career readiness, enrollment in and graduation from institutions of higher education and postsecondary education programs, civics and arts education and physical fitness, and (C) shall not include participation rates for the mastery examination, as defined in section 10-14n.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 10-262j(e)
Sec. 2 from passage 10-223e(a)(1)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
10-262j(e)
Sec. 2
from passage
10-223e(a)(1)
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