HB 1737 -- School Credit

Sponsor:  Cunningham (86)

This bill creates procedures for the evaluation of credit when a
student enters a public school from an unaccredited public or
nonpublic school or a home school.  The school district must
provide a written explanation of the enrollment, credit issuance,
grade placement, and appeals process.  The district will review
course work, test results, transcripts, and performance data to
determine credit and grade level within 30 days.  If the district
is not able to make a determination from the data, it may
administer a proficiency assessment, set by school board policy.
Incoming students will be judged by the same criteria for passing
as current students.  Board policies must be reasonable and
nondiscriminatory.  If course work does not fulfill a district's
curricular objectives, elective credit may be awarded if the
course is sufficiently documented.  Districts must work with the
student and parents to devise a program that will earn a high
school diploma for the student.

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 23, 2004 at 11:16 am