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S.B. 102

             1     

MIDDLE SCHOOLS EXIT REQUIREMENTS

             2     
2001 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Sponsor: David L. Gladwell

             5      This act modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by S [ removing ]
             5a      MODIFYING s the
             6      exception that would allow students to advance to high school without meeting required
             7      competency levels in English, mathematics, science, or social studies.
             8      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             9      AMENDS:
             10          53A-13-104, as last amended by Chapter 8, Laws of Utah 1989
             11      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             12          Section 1. Section 53A-13-104 is amended to read:
             13           53A-13-104. Local school board remediation programs for secondary students.
             14          (1) Local school boards shall implement programs for students in the secondary schools,
             15      grades 7-12, to attain the competency levels and graduation requirements established by the State
             16      Board of Education.
             17          (2) (a) Local school boards shall establish remediation programs for secondary school
             18      students who do not meet competency levels in English, mathematics, science, or social studies.
             19          (b) Participation in the programs is mandatory for those students who fail to meet the
             20      competency levels based on classroom performance.
             21          (3) Students who require remediation under this section may not be advanced to the
             22      following class in subject sequences until they meet the required competency level for the subject
             23      or complete the required remediation program S [ [ ] , except that LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS MAY
             23a      ALLOW students requiring remediation who
             24      would otherwise be scheduled to enter their first year of high school [shall]
TO complete
             24a      their
             25      remediation program during that first year [ ] ] s
.
             26          (4) (a) Remediation programs provided under this section should not be unnecessarily
             27      lengthy or repetitive.


             28          (b) A student need not repeat an entire class if remediation can reasonably be achieved
             29      through other means.
             30          (5) Local school boards may charge students a fee to participate in the remediation
             31      programs.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 1-9-01 1:53 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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