2013 House Bill 4154

Revise school accreditation

Introduced in the House

Jan. 31, 2013

Introduced by Rep. Ken Yonker (R-72)

To replace the current system establishing performance and assessment criteria for individual public schools with a new one, and post the school assessments online as “letter grades” plus some additional factors. The revised standards would include student proficiency as the largest factor, student improvement, achievement gaps among subgroups, college and career readiness, graduation rates and fiscal performance. Public schools that fail to meet state standards are subject to delayed and qualified sanctions.

Referred to the Committee on Education

Dec. 4, 2013

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.