2017 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 190
BY SENATORS THOMPSON, ALARIO, APPEL, FANNIN, GATTI, JOHNS, LONG,
MILKOVICH, MORRISH, PERRY, WALSWORTH AND WARD
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 17:2927.1, relative to college and career readiness; to provide for
3 identification of high school students who do not meet certain college readiness
4 standards; to provide relative to the provision of certain courses designed to help
5 students meet such readiness standards; to provide relative to professional
6 development for teachers of such courses; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 17:2927.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง2927.1. College transition courses; testing; reports
10 A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, in
11 collaboration with public school governing authorities and the public
12 postsecondary education management boards, shall publish a list of transition
13 courses designed to improve identified student academic weaknesses in English
14 and mathematics and to enable such students to achieve college readiness by the
15 end of their senior year of high school. Transition courses shall align with
16 applicable state content standards.
17 B. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, a student's English and
18 mathematics scores from the ACT test and the standards for remediation
19 established by the Board of Regents shall be used to determine readiness for
20 college-level credit-bearing coursework.
21 C. Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, each high school senior
22 who did not meet the established college readiness standards for English and
23 mathematics shall be given the opportunity to take an appropriate transition
24 course.
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1 D. Each public school governing authority shall:
2 (1) Identify each high school senior who did not meet the established
3 college readiness standards and provide the student with information on
4 available transition courses designed to address identified academic weaknesses.
5 (2) Use course assessment data to determine student attainment.
6 (3) Provide appropriate professional development to teachers of
7 transition courses as part of existing professional development activities.
8 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
9 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
10 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
11 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
12 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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