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Directing the department of education to convene an achievement gap working group
Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee
Topics:K–12 education
Same legislation: SF 38
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2023
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 23, 2023
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill directs the department of education to convene an achievement gap working group. The bill requires the working group to study any disparities in academic performance between different racial or ethnic groups of students in grades kindergarten through 12. The bill establishes that if the working group determines that such disparities exist, the emphasis of the working group shall be to study potential causes of the disparities and what specific steps can be taken to reduce the disparities.
Read the full explanation
The working group shall consist of not more than members, at least of whom shall be teachers who provide instruction to students enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12, and shall be bipartisan in its composition. The bill also requires minority persons to be represented in the working group. The bill prohibits the working group from meeting more than four times and allows the working group to meet either in person or by means of remote communication. The bill requires the working group to provide a report to the general assembly by December 31, 2023, detailing the working group’s findings and recommendations. The report must include recommendations on how to reduce any academic performance gap that exists between different racial or ethnic groups of students.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Lobbying
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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2358 Directing the department of education to convene an achievement gap working group89th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 2112 Directing the department of education to convene an achievement gap working group89th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2358 · same titleCleared committee
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