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HOUSE BILL 519

File Code: Primary and Secondary Education
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 933

Sponsored By:
Delegates Walker, Olszewski, Barve, Benson, Branch, Braveboy, Bromwell, Burns, Cane, Cardin, Carter, Conaway, Costa, Davis, Feldman, Frush, George, Gutierrez, Hammen, Healey, Howard, Hubbard, Ivey, Jennings, King, Kirk, Kullen, Lafferty, Levi, Manno, Mathias, McDonough, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Niemann, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Proctor, Reznik, Rice, Robinson, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuh, Sophocleus, Stein, Stukes, Tarrant, Taylor, F. Turner, V. Turner, Valderrama, Vaughn, Waldstreicher, Weir, and Weldon

Entitled:
Public High Schools - Graduation Requirements - Weighted Numerical Assessment System

Synopsis:

Requiring the State Board of Education to establish a weighted numerical assessment system to calculate a total score that students are required to achieve to graduate from a public high school in the State; requiring the weighted numerical assessment system to include specified categories; requiring that the weighted values of specified categories may not be outside specified ranges of specified percentage values of a specified total score; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occuring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used. Explain Legislative Date and Calendar Date
House Action
1/30
First Reading Ways and Means
2/6
Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Jay Walker, District 26
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate Aisha N. Braveboy, District 25
Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
Delegate Jill P. Carter, District 41
Delegate Frank M. Conaway, Jr., District 40
Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Ron George, District 30
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7
Delegate James J. King, District 33A
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty, District 42
Delegate Gerron S. Levi, District 23A
Delegate Roger P. Manno, District 19
Delegate James N. Mathias, Jr., District 38B
Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr., District 6
Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
Delegate Barbara Robinson, District 40
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Delegate Justin D. Ross, District 22
Delegate Steven R. Schuh, District 31
Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
Delegate Dana Stein, District 11
Delegate Melvin L. Stukes, District 44
Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18
Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr., District 6
Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Assessments
Education, State Board of
Examinations
Public Schools
Students

Bill affects the following Statute:

Education
( 7-205 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments: None offered


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