Bill Text: IN HCR0015 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring Brown County algebra students upon great test performance.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-09 - Returned to the House [HCR0015 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-HCR0015-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ________

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION

    A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the high school and junior high school algebra students in the Brown County Schools for their outstanding performance on the 2011 end-of-course Algebra I assessment test.

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    _______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on

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Introduced

Second Regular Session of the 117th General Assembly (2012)

HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION

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    A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the high school and junior high school algebra students in the Brown County Schools for their outstanding performance on the 2011 end-of-course Algebra I assessment test.

    Whereas, The Brown County Schools have been working hard to improve the math scores of the schools' students for several years;

    Whereas, All the hard work paid off recently when the end-of-course Algebra I assessment scores from spring 2011 at Brown County High School were the highest among Indiana public schools and earned the schools the number 5 position among all Indiana schools;

    Whereas, The pass rate for all Brown County Schools high school and junior high school students who took the 2011 Algebra I ECA (end of course assessment) was 96.7 percent;

    Whereas, 100 percent of the participating junior high students passed the test in 2011, an accomplishment that only 213 middle schools have achieved;

    Whereas, Of the 138 Brown County High School students who took the test, 132 passed, giving them a 95.7 percent passing rate, ranking the high school fifth among Indiana's grade 9 - 12 schools; and

    Whereas, Academic accomplishments such as this deserve special recognition: Therefore,

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Be it resolved by the House of Representatives

of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,

the Senate concurring:

    SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly congratulates the Brown County Schools and the students taking the 2011 Algebra I ECA on their outstanding accomplishment and urges the schools and the students to continue to set their goals high.
    SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to Mr. David Shaffer, Superintendent of the Brown County Schools.