2013 House Bill 5112

Create “letter grade” rating system for schools

Introduced in the House

Oct. 29, 2013

Introduced by Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons (R-86)

To require the Department of Education to create a system of assigning letter grades (“A” to “F”) to each public school, based on its performance and student growth. The bill would also allow districts to make a particular school exempt from the rating by designating it as an “alternative education campus,” if most of the students are very low performing, have a history of serious psychological behavioral disorders, are homeless, or meet certain other criteria.

Referred to the Committee on Education

Dec. 4, 2013

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-7) be adopted and that the bill then pass.