HB 38 -- School Credit

Sponsor:  Cunningham (86)

This bill establishes procedures for evaluation of credit when a
student enters a public school from an unaccredited public
school, any 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.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
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