§ 7-203.5

Maryland § 7-203.5

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Article ged: Education
• Title: 7

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(a) Beginning with students in the 9th grade in the 2021–2022 school year, each school system shall implement a 9th grade tracker system to measure each student’s progress toward graduating on time, including credit accumulation and the number of semester core course failures during the first year of high school for students completing the 9th grade year.

(b) Each county board periodically shall provide a report to the school where the student is enrolled for further academic intervention to allow the student to graduate on time.

(c) On or before September 1, 2022, and each September 1 thereafter, each county board shall report to the Department the data collected under subsection (a) of this section on students in the 9th grade in the immediately preceding school year.

(d) On or before December 1, 2022, and each December 1 thereafter, the Department shall compile and submit a statewide report on information reported under subsection (c) of this section to the Accountability and Implementation Board and the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center.