SENATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL 160

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2007

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO USE THE STANDARDIZED ALPHABETIC OR NUMERIC GRADING SYSTEM ADOPTED BY THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. A new section of the Public School Code is enacted to read:

     "[NEW MATERIAL] STANDARDIZED STATEWIDE GRADING SYSTEM.--The department shall adopt and promulgate rules to establish a standardized alphabetic or numeric grading system based on the 4.0 or one hundred percent scale to be used by all public schools for grades five through twelve that is aligned with the New Mexico academic content and performance. A public school shall include the results of standards-based assessments in the standardized grading system, and may augment the standardized grading system with a narrative or other method that measures a student's academic, social, behavioral or other skills.

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