Kwame Brown’s omnibus education act
The bill’s title is longer than the lunchtime line at Ben’s Chili Bowl: “The Raising the Expectations for Education Outcomes Act of 2012.” It’s a consolidation of four education measures, three introduced by Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, that are scheduled for a vote at Tuesday’s Committee of the Whole meeting. If the package is voted out, it will move to a first reading at the council meeting afterwards.
The provisions would:
— Devise an early warning system to identify and support middle and high school students at risk of dropping out.
— Require that every D.C. high school student take the SAT or ACT
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