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DEL.ICIO.USBill would limit pressure on teachers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A bill that would make it an ethics violation to pressure a teacher to change a grade passed out of a House subcommittee today.
The Grade Integrity Act of 2007 says a school board, superintendent or administrator cannot force a teacher to change a grade if the teacher followed the rules. An administrator can still change a grade, but who made the change will be noted in the student’s records.
A popular Dacula physics teacher was fired in 2005 when he refused to change a grade for a student who slept in class. Gwinnett School Board policy forbids using grades to punish students. Teacher Larry Neace argued sleeping in class was an academic not a disciplinary problem.
Senate Bill 9 now goes to the House Education Committee for a vote.
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By drjay
March 8, 2007 12:56 PM | Link to this
but what if its for an important athlete?
By Larry
March 9, 2007 8:11 AM | Link to this
This bill will do nothing. The situation it describes is already an ethics violation under the Code of Ethics for Educators 505-6-.01(3) (d) (4) Item 3. It’s simply a waste of legislative time.
By Brandie Glessner
March 9, 2007 4:51 PM | Link to this
Important athletes need to earn their grades too.
By jdd
March 12, 2007 1:33 PM | Link to this
This is an every day occurance in all school systems and should stop! Administrators just want the complaint to go away even if the student didn’t earn the grade. Just give it to them to get the parent(s) off my back says many administrators. This is just wrong!