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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
House: ED DPA 10-1-0-1 |
HB 2423: advanced mathematics courses; student enrollment
Sponsor: Representative Gress, LD 4
Caucus & COW
Overview
Requires each school district and charter school to enroll a 6th, 7th or 8th grade student in an available advanced math course if the student meets prescribed criteria. Establishes reporting requirements for school districts, charter schools and the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) relating to the enrollment of students in advanced math courses and student performance in math courses, assessments and exams.
History
If statewide assessment results are available before the start of each school year, a school district and charter school must notify, by the first half of the second quarter, the parents of a 6th, 7th or 8th grade student who has not demonstrated proficiency in grade-level math based on available local or statewide assessments. The notification must contain a description of: 1) the student's math deficiencies as demonstrated by the statewide assessment; and 2) current math services provided by the school district or charter school (A.R.S. § 15-708).
To graduate from high school, students must complete four math credits in: 1) algebra I; 2) geometry; 3) algebra II; and 4) a fourth credit that includes significant math content as determined by the school district governing board or charter school (A.A.C. R7-2-302).
Provisions
1. Instructs each school district and charter school to enroll a 6th, 7th or 8th grade student in an advanced math course, if available, for the student's next math course if their parent does not object and the student:
a. demonstrates the highest proficiency in grade-level math on the statewide assessment;
b. demonstrates the highest proficiency in grade-level math on an end-of-course exam or a benchmark assessment administered by the school district, charter school or school in which the student was enrolled in the immediately preceding school year;
c. earns at least an A letter grade, or the equivalent, in the math course in which the student was most recently enrolled; or
d. requests, or their parent requests, they be enrolled in an advanced math course.
2. Requires each school district and charter school, on enrollment of a 6th, 7th or 8th grade student in an advanced math course as prescribed, to provide notification to the student's parent that includes:
a. the purpose and goals of the automatic enrollment in an advanced math course;
b. the available math pathways;
c. how each math pathway prepares students for postsecondary educational and career opportunities; and
d. instructions on how the parent may object to the automatic enrollment in an advanced math course.
3. Mandates each school district and charter school provide a system of services for students to achieve success in the advanced math course or pathway that includes:
a. a specific program, activity, high quality instructional program or set of steps used to help students improve in math; and
b. additional instructional time, high-dosage tutoring, small group instruction and technology enabled activities during the school day.
4. Directs each school district and charter school that instructs 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th grade students to annually report to ADE the number of 6th, 7th or 8th grade students, disaggregated by race, family income and gender, who:
a. demonstrated the highest proficiency in grade-level math as specified for the immediately preceding school year;
b. demonstrated the highest proficiency in grade-level math as specified for the immediately preceding school year; and:
i. enrolled in an advanced math course in the current school year;
ii. did not enroll in an advanced math course in the current school year because their parent objected; or
iii. did not enroll in an advanced math course in the current school year because an advanced math course was not available; and
c. requested, or whose parent requested, that the student be enrolled in an advanced math course for the immediately preceding school year.
5. Requires each school district and charter school that instructs 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th grade students to annually report to ADE the number of students, disaggregated by grade level, race, family income and gender, who:
a. did not demonstrate the highest proficiency in grade-level math as specified for the immediately preceding school year; and
b. enrolled in an advanced math course in the current school year.
6. Directs each school district and charter school that instructs 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th grade students to annually report to ADE the average score in grade-level math or on an end-of-course exam or a benchmark assessment administered by the school district or charter school, disaggregated by grade level, race, family income and gender, for:
a. students who demonstrated the highest proficiency in grade-level math as specified in their most recent math course for the immediately preceding school year and:
i. enrolled in an advanced math course in the current year; or
ii. did not enroll in an advanced math course in the current year because their parent objected;
b. students who did not demonstrate the highest proficiency in grade-level math as specified in their most recent math course for the immediately preceding school year and who enrolled in an advanced math course in the current school year; and
c. all other students enrolled in the school district or charter school.
7. Requires each school district and charter school that instructs 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th grade students to annually report to ADE a list of the:
a. advanced math courses offered by the school district or charter school to 6th, 7th and 8th grade students; and
b. services offered to support students in math courses and the number and percentage of students who participated in each service option during the current school year.
8. Directs ADE to annually compile the reports received and, to the extent allowed by federal law, post the compiled reports on its website.
9. Prohibits ADE from including personally identifiable information in the compiled reports posted on its website.
10. Instructs ADE to develop policies and guidelines for the implementation of the advanced math course enrollment and related reporting requirements, including guidelines regarding how schools may use a benchmark assessment to demonstrate student proficiency in math.
11. Makes a technical change.
Amendments
Committee on Education
1. Removes the requirement that each school district and charter school include the following in the notification to the student's parent:
a. the available math pathways; and
b. how each math pathway prepares students for postsecondary educational and career opportunities.
2. Removes the requirement for each school district and charter school to provide a system of services for students to achieve success in the advanced math course or pathway as prescribed.
3. Deletes all reporting requirements for ADE and each school district and charter school, except the requirement for each school district and charter school that instructs 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th grade students to annually report to ADE the number of 6th, 7th or 8th grade students who are enrolled in an advanced math course in the current school year.
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