Bill Text: CT HB05555 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5555 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-04 - Senate Calendar Number 601 [HB05555 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05555-Comm_Sub.html

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 Subsection (e) of section 10-262j of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):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 Subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-223e of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):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.