SB 441 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

2May2018... 1557h

2018 SESSION

18-2803

06/04

SENATE BILL 441

AN ACT relative to grading policies in schools.

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Grenier, Sull. 7

COMMITTEE: Education

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides that the state board of education shall require school districts to adopt a grading policy.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

2May2018... 1557h 18-2803

06/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT relative to grading policies in schools.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1  New Paragraph; State Board of Education; Duties.  Amend RSA 186:11 by inserting after paragraph XXXVII the following new paragraph:

XXXVIII.  Grades.  Require each school district to adopt a grading policy providing for the assignment of student grades for class subjects or courses of study.  Such policy:

(a)  Shall require the teacher to assign a grade that reflects the student's mastery of the subject or course content.

(b)  May allow a student a reasonable opportunity to retake or redo a final assessment or assignment for which the student received a failing grade in a subject or course.

(c)  Shall require that an assignment, assessment, subject, or course grade issued by a teacher is final and may not be changed unless the grade is found to be erroneous, arbitrary, or inconsistent with the district approved grading policy, and after the principal or teacher's immediate supervisor consults with the teacher.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.