SF0072 - State high school graduation requirements.
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2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0085 |
SENATE FILE NO. SF0072
State high school graduation requirements.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Massie and Scott
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to
public schools; modifying state high
2
school graduation requirements as specified; and providing
3 for
an effective date.
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5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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7 Section
1. W.S.
21-2-304(a)(iii)(intro) is amended to
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read:
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10 21-2-304. Duties of the state board of education.
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12 (a) The state board of education shall:
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14 (iii) By rule and
regulation and in consultation
15 and coordination with local school
districts, prescribe
16 uniform student performance standards for
the common core
17 of knowledge and the common core of skills
specified under
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W.S. 21-9-101(b) and promulgate uniform standards for
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programs addressing the special needs of student
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populations specified under W.S. 21-9-101(c). Student
performance standards prescribed under this paragraph shall
include standards for Graduation
from any high school
6 within
any school district of this state based upon
performance or mastery of the common core of knowledge and
common core of skills prescribed under W.S. 21-9-101(b).
Graduation standards imposed under this paragraph shall
10 require the successful completion of the following
,
specified by this paragraph. Any school
12 district may
expand the required high school graduation
13 components
prescribed by this paragraph. At minimum, high
14 school graduation
shall require the successful completion
15 of the following
components, as evidenced by passing grades
16 or by the successful performance on the statewide
17 assessment
administered pursuant to paragraph (a)(v) of
18 this section or
on competency-based equivalency
19 examinations:
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21 Section 2. W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iv) is repealed.
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1 Section 3. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
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3 (END)
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