Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

S.B. 119 Third Substitute (2020GS)

Sponsor

Sen. Henderson, D.

Final action

Senate/ to Governor 3/28/2020

Outcome

Senate/ to Governor

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• provides that for the 2018-2019 school year, the State Board of Education is not required to assign to each school an overall rating using an A through F letter grading scale.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Deidre M. Henderson
House Sponsor: 
____________
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill provides that for the 2018-2019 school year, the State Board of Education is
not required to assign to each school an overall rating using an A through F letter
grading scale.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ provides that for the 2018-2019 school year, the State Board of Education is not
required to assign to each school an overall rating using an A through F letter
grading scale.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53E-5-204
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 186
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53E-5-204
 is amended to read:
53E-5-204.
Rating schools.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (3), and in accordance with this part, the state
board shall annually assign to each school an overall rating using an A through F letter grading
scale where, based on the school's performance level on the indicators described in Subsection
(2):
(a) an A grade represents an exemplary school;
(b) a B grade represents a commendable school;
(c) a C grade represents a typical school;
(d) a D grade represents a developing school; and
(e) an F grade represents a critical needs school.
(2) A school's overall rating described in Subsection (1) shall be based on the school's
performance on the indicators described in:
(a) Section 
53E-5-205
, for an elementary school or a middle school; or
(b) Section 
53E-5-206
, for a high school.
(3) (a) For a school year in which the state board determines it is necessary to establish,
due to a transition to a new assessment, a new baseline to determine student growth described
in Section 
53E-5-210
, the state board is not required to assign an overall rating described in
Subsection (1) to a school to which the new baseline applies.
(b) For the 2017-2018 
and 2018-2019
 school [
year
] 
years
, the state board:
(i) shall evaluate a school based on the school's performance level on the indicators
described in Subsection (2) and in accordance with this part; and
(ii) is not required to assign a school an overall rating described in Subsection (1).
Section 2. 
Effective date.
If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
the date of veto override.