Public Act 12-40 Analysis
Public Act 12-40 Public Act 12-40, was a law signed by Govern Malloy in July 2012, which proposes to stops with remedial or developmental courses. “The law gets rid of the classes now used to prepared underperforming students for college-level work, and replaces of them with the best of intentions, which has some educators, community leaders, and students worried,” said Wayne Jebian from Capital Community College in Hartford. According to the research done by Hartford Board of Education 2013; “Approximately 2/3 of full-time students entering community college need remedial education to assist them with obtaining a college-entrance level of knowledge in math and English. However, only 8% of the students taking remedial courses are graduating
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Also the current school system is not fully prepared to deliver college readiness education, which possibly will set future graduates in disadvantage. Worst of all, “full implementation of the standards new Connecticut high school curriculum will be in the classroom around the 2013-14 school years,” issue in Board of Regents for Higher Education Online, which won’t be enough time for the students. Consequently those changes could make it difficult for unprepared students to receive a college …show more content…
The first reason, they won’t be as prepared as the students who speak English as their first language. “We need to ensure that the success rates of our most vulnerable underprepared students improve and that they complete the college education they need to get a good jobs to support their families and become productive citizens,” said Tunxis President Cathryn L. Addy, Ph.D. More important, without remedial support courses, will be almost impossible for them to pursue their dream of a college degree. In addition, immigrant student who lives in the United States generally come from a background where no one in their families has a higher level of education, which is a key support for success. Therefore, if PA 12-40 goes in effect, immigrants will be one of the many disadvantaged students and probably they will never be able to reach a goal of a college
Also the current school system is not fully prepared to deliver college readiness education, which possibly will set future graduates in disadvantage. Worst of all, “full implementation of the standards new Connecticut high school curriculum will be in the classroom around the 2013-14 school years,” issue in Board of Regents for Higher Education Online, which won’t be enough time for the students. Consequently those changes could make it difficult for unprepared students to receive a college …show more content…
The first reason, they won’t be as prepared as the students who speak English as their first language. “We need to ensure that the success rates of our most vulnerable underprepared students improve and that they complete the college education they need to get a good jobs to support their families and become productive citizens,” said Tunxis President Cathryn L. Addy, Ph.D. More important, without remedial support courses, will be almost impossible for them to pursue their dream of a college degree. In addition, immigrant student who lives in the United States generally come from a background where no one in their families has a higher level of education, which is a key support for success. Therefore, if PA 12-40 goes in effect, immigrants will be one of the many disadvantaged students and probably they will never be able to reach a goal of a college