HB 319 -- School Credit

Sponsor:  Muschany

This bill establishes procedures for 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 enrollment, credit issuance,
grade placement, and the appeal 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 was
given, 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 his or her parents to devise a
program that will earn a high school diploma for the student.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:18 pm