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State
Department of Education (SDE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
House Bill 186 requires that high school curricula and end-of-course tests be aligned with the placement tests administered by the state’s two-and four-year public educational institutions.
Significant
Issues
According to SDE, the legislation supports the State Board
of Education’s (SBE) Strategic Goal, Academic Achievement. The alignment of
high school curricula and end-of-course tests with placement tests for entering
freshmen in
The legislation supports the collaboration
required between the State Department of Education and the Commission on Higher
Education to ensure that the standards and assessments used for meeting
graduation requirements are aligned with academic expectations for entering
freshmen at two-and four-year institutions.
Two-and four year institutions may require
different academic expectations and levels of proficiency. Thus aligning curricula and end-of-year tests
may require developing common expectations among institutions of higher
education.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
House Bill 186 does
not contain no appropriation. The SDE and CHE indicate
that a undetermined fiscal impact would be associated with the enactment of the
bill .
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
The SDE indicates that
in collaboration with the institutions of higher education, the development of
an alignment process to ensure that high school curricula adequately prepares
graduating students for entry level coursework.
COMPANIONSHIP
Companion to Senate
Bill 62
RS/yr