Key Votes
SF 57 - Amending Wyoming Accountability in Education Act - Key Vote
Wyoming Key Votes
Stages
- March 21, 2012 Executive Signed
- March 8, 2012 House Conference Report Adopted
- March 8, 2012 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- March 7, 2012 Senate Concurrence Vote Failed
- March 6, 2012 House Bill Passed
- Feb. 27, 2012 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 13, 2012 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - March 21, 2012
Signed by Governor Matt Mead
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) (38-18) - March 8, 2012
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) (27-3) - March 8, 2012
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Failed (Senate) (0-27) - March 7, 2012
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (54-4) - March 6, 2012
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (26-4) - Feb. 27, 2012 (Key vote)
Title: Amending Wyoming Accountability in Education Act
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that establishes standards for measuring school performance.
Highlights:
- Requires the State Board of Education to implement a statewide assessment system that measures individual student achievement for each public school district within the state, and the performance of the state’s educational system as a whole (Sec. 1).
- Establishes standards for measuring school performance by student academic performance through the following standardized assessments (Secs. 1 and 3):
- Reading and mathematics exams in grades 3 through 8;
- Science exams in grades 4 and 8;
- Writing and language exams in grades 3, 5, and 7 that do not exceed 3 hours; and
- A standardized college readiness test in reading, mathematics, science and writing that is required for grade 11 and optional for grade 12.
- Establishes the four levels of school performance as “exceeding expectations,” “meeting expectations,” “partially meeting expectations,” and “not meeting expectations” (Sec. 1).
- Requires schools labeled “not meeting expectations” to file an improvement plan with the school district superintendent and the Department of Education (Sec. 1).
- Authorizes the dismissal of a school’s principal if that school fails to meet the goals of an established improvement plan after 2 consecutive years (Sec. 1).
- Appropriates $1.38 million from the School Foundation Program account to the Department of Education to pay for expenses incurred through the implementation of this bill (Sec. 7).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Feb. 13, 2012
Title: Amending Wyoming Accountability in Education Act
Committee Sponsors
- Education (Sponsor)
