Bill Text: NJ S2426 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires public schools to weight courses in visual and performing arts equally with other courses worth same number of credits in calculating grade point average.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-11 - Substituted by A311 (2R) [S2426 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2426-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2426

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex)

Senator  THOMAS H. KEAN, JR.

District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires public schools to weight courses in visual and performing arts equally with other courses worth same number of credits in calculating grade point average.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Education Committee on December 14, 2015, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning the calculation of pupil grade point averages and supplementing chapter 35 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    ¹a.¹ A school district shall weight courses in the visual and performing arts equally with other courses ¹of the same level of academic rigor and¹ worth the same number of credits in calculating a pupil's grade point average ¹[; except that advanced placement courses offered by the district shall be exempt from this requirement]¹.

     ¹b.   As used in this section, "academic rigor" means a course's classification as a general education course, an honors course, or an advanced placement course.¹

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the ¹[2015-2016] first full¹ school year ¹following the date of enactment¹.