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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
House Engrossed
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.
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 the student's math deficiencies as demonstrated by the statewide assessment and 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 or 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;
b. earns at least an A letter grade, or the equivalent, in the math course in which the student was most recently enrolled; or
c. 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; and
b. instructions on how the parent may object to the automatic enrollment in an advanced math course.
3. Requires each school district and charter school that instructs 5th, 6th, 7th or 8th grade students to annually report to the Arizona Department of Education the number of students who enrolled in an advanced math course in the current school year.
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7. Initials CH HB 2423
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