HB 18-1019

House Bill 18-1019, also known as the Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Accreditation Weighted Factors bill, aims to improve how Colorado measures high school performance by adding new criteria. These include considering students who complete advanced placement (AP), concurrent enrollment, and international baccalaureate (IB) courses in subjects outside of English language arts or math, and achieve certain scores or grades in these courses. The bill also allocates $30,000 to the Department of Education for implementing this new system. Since it has been signed into law, Colorado's public schools will now use these additional measures when evaluating their accreditation levels.

Official Summary

For purposes of determining the level of attainment for accreditation of each public high school, each school district, the state charter school institute, and the state as a whole on the postsecondary and workforce readiness performance indicator, the bill adds additional measures of the percentage of students who successfully complete: An advanced placement course in a subject other than English language arts or math and earn a score of 3 or higher on the end-of-course advanced placement exam; A concurrent enrollment course in a subject other than English language arts or math and earn a grade of 'B' or higher in the course; and An international baccalaureate course in a subject other than English language arts or math and earn a score of 4 or higher. The bill appropriates $30,000 to the department of education for information technology services to implement the bill. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) Read More

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