Bill Text: NJ A1600 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires public schools to weight courses in visual and performing arts equally with other courses worth same number of credits in calculating grade point average.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A1600 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A1600-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JON M. BRAMNICK
District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)
Assemblyman PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires public schools to weight courses in visual and performing arts equally with other courses worth same number of credits in calculating grade point average.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the calculation of pupil grade point averages and supplementing chapter 35 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A school district shall weight courses in the visual and performing arts equally with other courses worth the same number of credits in calculating a pupil's grade point average; except that advanced placement courses offered by the district shall be exempt from this requirement.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the 2010-2011 school year.
STATEMENT
This bill requires public schools to weight courses in the visual and performing arts equally with other courses worth the same number of credits in calculating a pupil's grade point average. The bill exempts advanced placement courses from this requirement.
