SENATE BILL 272

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

INTRODUCED BY

Sue Wilson Beffort

AN ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; AMENDING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CODE TO ADD GRADES THREE AND FOUR TO THE REQUIRED 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. Section 22-2-8.13 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2007, Chapter 255, Section 1) is amended to read:

     "22-2-8.13. 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 scale or one hundred percent scale to be used by all public schools for grades [five] three 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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