SENATE BILL No. 312

March 8, 2001, Introduced by Senator JAYE and referred to the Committee on Education.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1282b.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 SEC. 1282B. (1) THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR LOCAL ACT

2 SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY

3 SHALL ENSURE THAT A PUPIL, OTHER THAN A SPECIAL EDUCATION PUPIL,

4 IS NOT ADVANCED TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL

5 YEAR UNLESS THE PUPIL HAS ACHIEVED A GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR THE

6 SCHOOL YEAR OF AT LEAST 2.0 ON A 4.0 SCALE, OR ITS EQUIVALENT ON

7 ANOTHER SCALE. HOWEVER, IF THE PUPIL ENROLLS IN SUMMER SCHOOL

8 AND RAISES HIS OR HER GRADE POINT AVERAGE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR TO

9 AT LEAST THAT MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE BY THE END OF SUMMER

10 SCHOOL, THE PUPIL MAY BE ADVANCED TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL AFTER

11 COMPLETING SUMMER SCHOOL.

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1 (2) IN ADDITION TO THE MINIMUM GRADE POINT AVERAGE

2 REQUIREMENT UNDER SUBSECTION (1), IF A PUPIL, OTHER THAN A SPE-

3 CIAL EDUCATION PUPIL, IS IN A GRADE LEVEL IN WHICH THE SCHOOL

4 DISTRICT OR PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY ADMINISTERS A MICHIGAN EDUCA-

5 TION ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TEST OR ANOTHER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED

6 STANDARDIZED TEST, THE PUPIL SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ADVANCE TO

7 THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL AT THE END OF THAT SCHOOL YEAR UNLESS THE

8 PUPIL'S PERFORMANCE ON THE TEST INDICATES THAT THE PUPIL'S ACA-

9 DEMIC PERFORMANCE IS AT LEAST AT THE PUPIL'S CURRENT GRADE LEVEL

10 IN ALL SUBJECTS TESTED.

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