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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT | |
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INVESTMENT INITIATIVE | |
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Introduced By: Senator Roger Picard | |
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Date Introduced: January 18, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Finance | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 16-7.1-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-7.1 entitled "The Paul |
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W. Crowley Rhode Island Student Investment Initiative" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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16-7.1-13. State leadership in conducting annual assessments of student |
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performance. -- Setting high standards for student performance must be paired with related |
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assessments that will determine what progress the state is making toward bringing all children to |
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high levels of achievement. A state assessment program shall be continued and expanded in core |
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areas (mathematics, reading, writing and health). The program shall include performance |
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standards and an annual report that disaggregates performance by race, poverty, native language |
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and gender. The general assembly shall annually appropriate funds to support the programs, and |
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the amount shall be recalculated annually. The commissioner of education shall implement the |
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state assessment program, which shall include the results from an alternative test for up to one |
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percent (1%) of those students from each school district who are identified as having the most |
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severe cognitive disabilities, and also the results for up to two percent (2%) of those students |
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from each school district whose academic performance is identified as falling below grade level, |
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but who are higher functioning than those students identified as having severe cognitive |
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disabilities. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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OF | |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT | |
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INVESTMENT INITIATIVE | |
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This act would provide that the annual state assessment program would include the |
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results of alternate assessments for up to one percent (1%) of certain students from a school |
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district who are identified as having severe cognitive disabilities and up to two percent (2%) of |
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students from a school district who are identified as performing academically below grade level. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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