SCS/HCS/HB 1613 - This act allows each student entering his or her ninth grade year to develop a personal plan of study. The plan of study shall include graduation requirements, career or postsecondary goals, coursework related to career or postsecondary goals, grade-appropriate and career-related experiences, and student assessments, interest inventories, or academic results. This act also requires that by July 1, 2018, each school district shall implement a system for identifying students in their ninth grade year who are at risk of not being ready for college-level work or for entry-level career positions, as described in the act.
This act also requires DESE to conduct a review of its policies and procedures relating to remedial education and present the results of such review to the Joint Committee on Education by October 31, 2017.
This act is identical to provisions contained in CCS/SCS/SB 638 (2016), and is substantially similar to HCS/HB 377 (2015).
JOSHUA NORBERG