Bill Text: MA H4650 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: The MCAS appeals process

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-13 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the House Committee On Ways and Means [H4650 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H4650-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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By Ms. Walz of Boston, for the committee on Education, on House, No. 502, a Bill relative to the MCAS appeals process (House, No. 4650).  May 5, 2010.

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FOR THE COMMITTEE :

 

Name:

District/Address:

Martha M. Walz

8th Suffolk


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Ten

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An Act relative to the MCAS appeals process.


 

              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

              Section 1D of chapter 69 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official edition, is hereby amended by  adding the following sentence:—

The board shall develop procedures for providing written notification to parents or guardians of test takers of the process for appealing scores and performance on said assessment instrument.

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