Common use of Grade Change Clause in Contracts

Grade Change. 1. Except as provided in this Section, the board of the Kalamazoo school district shall not permit any board member, superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, guidance director, teacher, or any other person to change a grade given to a pupil by a teacher unless the teacher who gave the grade to the pupil is informed in writing of one or more reasons why the grade should be changed and the teacher concurs in the grade change. 2. An administrator, or his/her assistant administrator as designated, shall be responsible for receiving and handling grade change requests, including informing the involved teachers and the affected pupil. Challenge(s), if any, will be made in a timely fashion. If the teacher who gave the grade does not concur in a grade change proposed, a teacher in the school, a counselor in the school, or the principal of the school, after consulting with the teacher who gave the grade and the proponent of the grade change, may cause a review panel described below to convene to consider a grade change. A person causing a review panel to convene shall file a notice to that effect with the board designee, and the review panel shall meet to consider the proposed grade change within twenty (20) days after the notice is filed with the board. After evaluating the reasons for the proposed grade change, the review panel, by a majority of its members, may approve, disapprove, or modify the proposed grade change. The review panel shall not approve a proposed grade change, or approve a proposed grade change as modified by the review panel, unless the review panel finds that the proponent of the grade change has met the burden of establishing that there was no rational basis for the challenged grade under the teacher’s established grading procedures. 3. A review panel shall not convene unless the proponent of the grade change submits a request for the grade change to the principal in writing setting forth the reasons for the grade change within thirty (30) days after the pupil received the grade. 4. A review panel considering a grade change under this section shall be composed of three (3) teachers selected by their bargaining unit (at least one (1) teacher from the department/grade being reviewed), one (1) board member selected by the board, and the district superintendent or the superintendent’s designee. The person who causes the review panel to convene shall not serve as a member of the review panel. 5. The teacher who gave the grade or the proponent of the grade change may appeal the written decision of the review panel to the board no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the decision. The board shall consider the appeal at a meeting of the board at which the reasons for and against the proposed grade change are reviewed. The board, by a majority of the board members elected and serving, may approve or disapprove the decision of the review panel. The decision of the board on whether or not the grade is to be changed is final. 6. If there is no timely appeal, the decision of the review panel is final. 7. If a pupil’s grade is changed by a review panel or school board, a notation shall be made in the pupil’s record that the grade change was made by a review panel or school board. 8. All meetings of the review panel shall be held at a time mutually acceptable among the parties involved. 9. The review panel shall render a written decision with rationale for their position no later than seven (7) business days after the hearing. A copy of the decision shall be delivered by the administrator to both the affected teacher and the pupil. 10. All proceedings under the article shall comply with the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, with regards to the confidentiality of student records. 11. No one may serve on the review panel who is identified as having a potential conflict of interest in the matter.

Grade Change. 1. Except as provided in this Section, the board of the Kalamazoo school district shall not permit any board member, superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, guidance director, teacher, or any other person to change a grade given to a pupil by a teacher unless the teacher who gave the grade to the pupil is informed in writing of one or more reasons why the grade should be changed and the teacher concurs in the grade change. 2. An administrator, or his/her assistant administrator as designated, shall be responsible for receiving and handling grade change requests, including informing the involved teachers and the affected pupil. Challenge(s), if any, will be made in a timely fashion. If the teacher who gave the grade does not concur in a grade change proposed, a teacher in the school, a counselor in the school, or the principal of the school, after consulting with the teacher who gave the grade and the proponent of the grade change, may cause a review panel described below to convene to consider a grade change. A person causing a review panel to convene shall file a notice to that effect with the board designee, and the review panel shall meet to consider the proposed grade change within twenty (20) days after the notice is filed with the board. After evaluating the reasons for the proposed grade change, the review panel, by a majority of its members, may approve, disapprove, or modify the proposed grade change. The review panel shall not approve a proposed grade change, change or approve a proposed grade change as modified by the review panel, unless the review panel finds that the proponent of the grade change has met the burden of establishing that there was no rational basis for the challenged grade under the teacher’s established grading procedures. 3. A review panel shall not convene unless the proponent of the grade change submits a request for the grade change to the principal in writing setting forth the reasons for the grade change within thirty (30) days after the pupil received the grade. 4. A review panel considering a grade change under this section shall be composed of three (3) teachers selected by their bargaining unit (at least one (1) teacher from the department/grade being reviewed), one (1) board member selected by the board, and the district superintendent or the superintendent’s designee. The person who causes the review panel to convene shall not serve as a member of the review panel. 5. The teacher who gave the grade or the proponent of the grade change may appeal the written decision of the review panel to the board no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the decision. The board shall consider the appeal at a meeting of the board at which the reasons for and against the proposed grade change are reviewed. The board, by a majority of the board members elected and serving, may approve or disapprove the decision of the review panel. The decision of the board on whether or not the grade is to be changed is final. 6. If there is no timely appeal, the decision of the review panel is final. 7. If a pupil’s grade is changed by a review panel or school board, a notation shall be made in the pupil’s record that the grade change was made by a review panel or school board. 8. All meetings of the review panel shall be held at a time mutually acceptable among the parties involved. 9. The review panel shall render a written decision with rationale for their position no later than seven (7) business days after the hearing. A copy of the decision shall be delivered by the administrator to both the affected teacher and the pupil. 10. All proceedings under the article shall comply with the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, with regards regard to the confidentiality of student records. 11. No one may serve on the review panel who is identified as having a potential conflict of interest in the matter.

Grade Change. ‌ 1. Except as provided in this Section, the board of the Kalamazoo school district shall not permit any board member, superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, guidance director, teacher, or any other person to change a grade given to a pupil by a teacher unless the teacher who gave the grade to the pupil is informed in writing of one or more reasons why the grade should be changed and the teacher concurs in the grade change. 2. An administrator, or his/her assistant administrator as designated, shall be responsible for receiving and handling grade change requests, including informing the involved teachers and the affected pupil. Challenge(s), if any, will be made in a timely fashion. If the teacher who gave the grade does not concur in a grade change proposed, a teacher in the school, a counselor in the school, or the principal of the school, after consulting with the teacher who gave the grade and the proponent of the grade change, may cause a review panel described below to convene to consider a grade change. A person causing a review panel to convene shall file a notice to that effect with the board designee, and the review panel shall meet to consider the proposed grade change within twenty (20) days after the notice is filed with the board. After evaluating the reasons for the proposed grade change, the review panel, by a majority of its members, may approve, disapprove, or modify the proposed grade change. The review panel shall not approve a proposed grade change, change or approve a proposed grade change as modified by the review panel, unless the review panel finds that the proponent of the grade change has met the burden of establishing that there was no rational basis for the challenged grade under the teacher’s established grading procedures. 3. A review panel shall not convene unless the proponent of the grade change submits a request for the grade change to the principal in writing setting forth the reasons for the grade change within thirty (30) days after the pupil received the grade. 4. A review panel considering a grade change under this section shall be composed of three (3) teachers selected by their bargaining unit (at least one (1) teacher from the department/grade being reviewed), one (1) board member selected by the board, and the district superintendent or the superintendent’s designee. The person who causes the review panel to convene shall not serve as a member of the review panel. 5. The teacher who gave the grade or the proponent of the grade change may appeal the written decision of the review panel to the board no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the decision. The board shall consider the appeal at a meeting of the board at which the reasons for and against the proposed grade change are reviewed. The board, by a majority of the board members elected and serving, may approve or disapprove the decision of the review panel. The decision of the board on whether or not the grade is to be changed is final. 6. If there is no timely appeal, the decision of the review panel is final. 7. If a pupil’s grade is changed by a review panel or school board, a notation shall be made in the pupil’s record that the grade change was made by a review panel or school board. 8. All meetings of the review panel shall be held at a time mutually acceptable among the parties involved. 9. The review panel shall render a written decision with rationale for their position no later than seven (7) business days after the hearing. A copy of the decision shall be delivered by the administrator to both the affected teacher and the pupil. 10. All proceedings under the article shall comply with the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, with regards regard to the confidentiality of student records. 11. No one may serve on the review panel who is identified as having a potential conflict of interest in the matter.matter.‌‌

Grade Change. 1. Except as provided in this Section, the board of the Kalamazoo school district shall not permit any board member, superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, guidance director, teacher, or any other person to change a grade given to a pupil by a teacher unless the teacher who gave the grade to the pupil is informed in writing of one or more reasons why the grade should be changed and the teacher concurs in the grade change. 2. An administrator, or his/her assistant administrator as designated, shall be responsible for receiving and handling grade change requests, including informing the involved teachers and the affected pupil. Challenge(s), if any, will be made in a timely fashion. If the teacher who gave the grade does not concur in a grade change proposed, a teacher in the school, a counselor in the school, or the principal of the school, after consulting with the teacher who gave the grade and the proponent of the grade change, may cause a review panel described below to convene to consider a grade change. A person causing a review panel to convene shall file a notice to that effect with the board designee, and the review panel shall meet to consider the proposed grade change within twenty (20) days after the notice is filed with the board. After evaluating the reasons for the proposed grade change, the review panel, by a majority of its members, may approve, disapprove, or modify the proposed grade change. The review panel shall not approve a proposed grade change, or approve a proposed grade change as modified by the review panel, unless the review panel finds that the proponent of the grade change has met the burden of establishing that there was no rational basis for the challenged grade under the teacher’s established grading procedures. 3. A review panel shall not convene unless the proponent of the grade change submits a request for the grade change to the principal in writing setting forth the reasons for the grade change within thirty (30) days after the pupil received the grade. 4. A review panel considering a grade change under this section shall be composed of three (3) teachers selected by their bargaining unit (at least one (1) teacher from the department/grade being reviewed), one (1) board member selected by the board, and the district superintendent or the superintendent’s designee. The person who causes the review panel to convene shall not serve as a member of the review panel. 5. The teacher who gave the grade or the proponent of the grade change may appeal the written decision of the review panel to the board no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the decision. The board shall consider the appeal at a meeting of the board at which the reasons for and against the proposed grade change are reviewed. The board, by a majority of the board members elected and serving, may approve or disapprove the decision of the review panel. The decision of the board on whether or not the grade is to be changed is final. 6. If there is no timely appeal, the decision of the review panel is final. 7. If a pupil’s grade is changed by a review panel or school board, a notation shall be made in the pupil’s record that the grade change was made by a review panel or school board. 8. All meetings of the review panel shall be held at a time mutually acceptable among the parties involved. 9. The review panel shall render a written decision with rationale for their position no later than seven (7) business days after the hearing. A copy of the decision shall be delivered by the administrator to both the affected teacher and the pupil. 10. All proceedings under the article shall comply with the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, with regards regard to the confidentiality of student records. 11. No one may serve on the review panel who is identified as having a potential conflict of interest in the matter.

Grade Change. ‌ 1. Except as provided in this Section, the board of the Kalamazoo school district shall not permit any board member, superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, guidance director, teacher, or any other person to change a grade given to a pupil by a teacher unless the teacher who gave the grade to the pupil is informed in writing of one or more reasons why the grade should be changed and the teacher concurs in the grade change. 2. An administrator, or his/her assistant administrator as designated, shall be responsible for receiving and handling grade change requests, including informing the involved teachers and the affected pupil. Challenge(s), if any, will be made in a timely fashion. If the teacher who gave the grade does not concur in a grade change proposed, a teacher in the school, a counselor in the school, or the principal of the school, after consulting with the teacher who gave the grade and the proponent of the grade change, may cause a review panel described below to convene to consider a grade change. A person causing a review panel to convene shall file a notice to that effect with the board designee, and the review panel shall meet to consider the proposed grade change within twenty (20) days after the notice is filed with the board. After evaluating the reasons for the proposed grade change, the review panel, by a majority of its members, may approve, disapprove, or modify the proposed grade change. The review panel shall not approve a proposed grade change, or approve a proposed grade change as modified by the review panel, unless the review panel finds that the proponent of the grade change has met the burden of establishing that there was no rational basis for the challenged grade under the teacher’s established grading procedures. 3. A review panel shall not convene unless the proponent of the grade change submits a request for the grade change to the principal in writing setting forth the reasons for the grade change within thirty (30) days after the pupil received the grade. 4. A review panel considering a grade change under this section shall be composed of three (3) teachers selected by their bargaining unit (at least one (1) teacher from the department/grade being reviewed), one one (1) board member selected by the board, and the district superintendent or the superintendent’s designee. The person who causes the review panel to convene shall not serve as a member of the review panel. 5. The teacher who gave the grade or the proponent of the grade change may appeal the written decision of the review panel to the board no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the decision. The board shall consider the appeal at a meeting of the board at which the reasons for and against the proposed grade change are reviewed. The board, by a majority of the board members elected and serving, may approve or disapprove the decision of the review panel. The decision of the board on whether or not the grade is to be changed is final. 6. If there is no timely appeal, the decision of the review panel is final. 7. If a pupil’s grade is changed by a review panel or school board, a notation shall be made in the pupil’s record that the grade change was made by a review panel or school board. 8. All meetings of the review panel shall be held at a time mutually acceptable among the parties involved. 9. The review panel shall render a written decision with rationale for their position no later than seven (7) business days after the hearing. A copy of the decision shall be delivered by the administrator to both the affected teacher and the pupil. 10. All proceedings under the article shall comply with the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, with regards regard to the confidentiality of student records. 11. No one may serve on the review panel who is identified as having a potential conflict of interest in the matter.matter.‌