Bill Text: TX HB4504 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain requirements and procedures concerning the assignment of grades by a classroom teacher under a school district's grading policy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Public Education [HB4504 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4504-Introduced.html
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By: Middleton | H.B. No. 4504 |
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relating to certain requirements and procedures concerning the | ||
assignment of grades by a classroom teacher under a school | ||
district's grading policy. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.0216, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.0216. DISTRICT GRADING POLICY. A school district | ||
shall adopt a grading policy, including provisions for the | ||
assignment of grades on class assignments and examinations, before | ||
each school year. A district grading policy: | ||
(1) must require a classroom teacher to assign a grade | ||
that reflects the student's relative mastery of an assignment; | ||
(2) may not require a classroom teacher to assign a | ||
minimum grade for an assignment without regard to the student's | ||
quality of work; [ |
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(3) may allow a student a reasonable opportunity to | ||
make up or redo a class assignment or examination for which the | ||
student received a failing grade; | ||
(4) must state that a classroom teacher has the sole | ||
responsibility to assign a student's grade without interference, | ||
including interference by a school counselor or school | ||
administrator; | ||
(5) must provide procedures for protecting classroom | ||
teachers from outside influence over grading decisions, including | ||
procedures that protect a classroom teacher from being: | ||
(A) forced to alter a grade; or | ||
(B) bullied or retaliated against for an assigned | ||
grade; and | ||
(6) must provide for disciplinary action against a | ||
district employee who engages in conduct described by Subdivision | ||
(5)(A) or (B) or otherwise improperly attempts to force a classroom | ||
teacher to change an assigned grade. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |