 ccrp poll pass fail of meap test to determine 3rd grade promotion   new poll overview state representative amanda price has introduced house bill 5111 that if it passed would make promotion from 3rd to 4th grade dependent on how the student scored on the michigan educational assessment program meap reading test administered to all michigan 3rd graders according to the proposed legislation any thirdgraders who didn t pass the reading portion of the meap exam would be held back a year if the bill were law this year as many as 36663 children would have to repeat the third grade because they scored in the bottom two levels of the meap exam in the fall of 2012 if it passes the legislature the mandate would take effect for the 201415 school year thirtytwo other states already have some sort of k3 reading promotion policies in place some of those states have provisions that allow greater flexibility than what the michigan bill is proposing some of the other allow thirdgraders who fail the state exam to demonstrate proficiency in other ways students in year one or two of learning english also aren t held to the same rules as native speakers the house fiscal agency has projected that the bill could result in higher costs to the state and school districts because it would increase the number of students in districts those students once retained likely would end up spending an extra year in school new poll question should michigan pass a law that would deny promotion from 3rd grade to 4th grade based on meap reading test scores yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link http wwwclintoncountygoporg content shouldmichiganpasslawwoulddenypromotion3rdgrade4th  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should a constitutional amendment be passed preventing congress from exempting themselves from mandates yes 94 no 6 undecided 0 four comments were made on this poll comment 1 rand paul bill to deny special exemptions for congress i think his bill is great our president is not a monarch reality is that the bill will not get passed money and power matter most to the people in washingtonwith a few exceptions comment 2 amendment i thought we already had that amendment ida s comment 3 absolutely absolutely comment 4 should congress be exempt from mandates the constitution says equal protection of the laws equal not exempt from the laws not special laws it says equal this is the hallmark of the united states and it applies to everyone congress president vice president supreme court cabinet members everyone   all emails addresses  