Assembly Bill No. 318–Committee on Education

 

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AN ACT relating to education; requiring the department of education to develop an informational pamphlet for the high school proficiency examination; requiring the distribution of the pamphlet to pupils and parents and legal guardians; requiring the department to establish a statewide program for use by schools and school districts in their preparation of pupils for the high school proficiency examination; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. Chapter 389 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto

1-2   the provisions set forth as sections 2 and 3 of this act. 

1-3    Sec. 2. 1.  The department shall develop an informational pamphlet

1-4   concerning the high school proficiency examination for pupils who are

1-5   enrolled in junior high, middle school and high school, and their

1-6   parents and legal guardians. The pamphlet must include a written

1-7   explanation of the:

1-8    (a) ImporGreen numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).tance of passing the examination, including, without

1-9   limitation, an explanation that if the pupil fails the examination he is

1-10   not eligible to receive a standard high school diploma;

1-11    (b) Subject areas tested on the examination;

1-12    (c) Format for the examination, including, without limitation, the

1-13   range of items that are contained on the examination;

1-14    (d) Manner by which the scaled score, as reported to pupils and their

1-15   parents or legal guardians, is derived from the raw score;

1-16    (e) Timeline by which the results of the examination must be reported

1-17   to pupils and their parents or legal guardians;

1-18    (f) Maximum number of times that a pupil is allowed to take the

1-19   examination if he fails to pass the examination after the first

1-20   administration; and

1-21    (g) Courses of study that the department recommends that pupils take

1-22   to prepare the pupils to successfully meet the academic challenges of the

1-23   examination and pass the examination.

1-24    2.  The department shall review the pamphlet on an annual basis and

1-25   make such revisions to the pamphlet as it considers necessary to ensure

1-26   that pupils and their parents or legal guardians fully understand the

1-27   examination.

1-28    3.  On or before September 1, the department shall provide a copy of

1-29   the pamphlet or revised pamphlet to the board of trustees of each school

1-30   district and the governing body of each charter school that includes

1-31   pupils enrolled in a junior high, middle school or high school grade

1-32   level.

1-33    4.  The board of trustees of each school district shall provide a copy

1-34   of the pamphlet to each junior high, middle school or high school within

1-35   the school district for posting. The governing body of each charter

1-36   school shall ensure that a copy of the pamphlet is posted at the charter

1-37   school. Each principal of a junior high, middle school, high school or

1-38   charter school shall ensure that the teachers, counselors and

1-39   administrators employed at the school fully understand the contents of

1-40   the pamphlet.

2-1    5.  On or before January 15, the:

2-2    (a) Board of trustees of each school district shall provide a copy of the

2-3   pamphlet to each pupil who is enrolled in a junior high, middle school

2-4   or high school of the school district and to the parents or legal

2-5   guardians of such a pupil.

2-6    (b) Governing body of each charter school shall provide a copy of the

2-7   pamphlet to each pupil who is enrolled in the charter school at a junior

2-8   high, middle school or high school grade level and to the parents or

2-9   legal guardians of such a pupil.

2-10    Sec. 3. 1.  The department shall establish a statewide program for

2-11   use by schools and school districts in their preparation of pupils for the

2-12   high school proficiency examination. The program must:

2-13    (a) Be designed to ensure that pupils understand the format for the

2-14   examination;

2-15    (b) Be designed to ensure that the actual examination is not included

2-16   within the materials and other information used for preparation; and

2-17    (c) Specify the type of sample questions and practice items that may be

2-18   included with the materials and other information used for preparation.

2-19    2.  Each school district, each middle school, junior high and high

2-20   school within a school district and each charter school that provides

2-21   instruction to pupils enrolled in a middle school, junior high or high

2-22   school grade level, shall comply with the statewide program established

2-23   pursuant to subsection 1. This subsection does not preclude a school or

2-24   a school district from providing additional materials and information for

2-25   preparation if the materials and information comply with the statewide

2-26   program.

2-27    Sec. 4. 1.  On or before September 1, 2001, the department of

2-28   education shall develop an informational pamphlet concerning the high

2-29   school proficiency examination pursuant to section 2 of this act. On or

2-30   before October 1, 2001, the department of education shall provide a copy

2-31   of the pamphlet to the board of trustees of each school district and the

2-32   governing body of each charter school that includes pupils who are

2-33   enrolled in a junior high, middle school or high school grade level.

2-34    2.  On or before September 1, 2001, the department of education shall

2-35   establish a statewide program for use by schools and school districts in

2-36   their preparation of pupils for the high school proficiency examination

2-37   pursuant to section 3 of this act. On or before October 1, 2001, the

2-38   department of education shall provide a detailed written explanation of the

2-39   statewide program to the board of trustees of each school district and the

2-40   governing body of each charter school that includes pupils who are

2-41   enrolled in a junior high, middle school or high school grade level.

2-42    Sec. 5. 1.  On or before January 15, 2002, the board of trustees of

2-43   each school district and the governing body of each charter school that

2-44   includes pupils who are enrolled in a junior high, middle school or high

2-45   school grade level, shall provide a copy of the pamphlet developed

2-46   pursuant to section 2 of this act to each pupil enrolled in a junior high,

2-47   middle school or high school and to the parents or legal guardians of such

2-48   a pupil.

2-49    2.  Each school district, each middle school, junior high and high

2-50   school within a school district and each charter school that provides

3-1  instruction to pupils enrolled in a middle school, junior high or high school

3-2  grade level, shall comply with the statewide program for the preparation of

3-3   pupils for the high school proficiency examination established by the

3-4   department of education pursuant to section 3 of this act commencing with

3-5   preparation that is provided for administrations of the examination in the

3-6   spring semester of 2002.

3-7    Sec. 6. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.

 

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