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Enacted Seanad
No. 54 of 2021

Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021

Public bill · Government · Presented

Because of Covid-19 disruption and school closures, the Minister for Education wanted a backup system for Leaving Certificate 2021: students could sit the written exams, receive accredited grades, or do both, with the higher result counted. The State Examinations Commission would run the process, collect estimated marks, standardise them, handle appeals, and issue results, while teachers and others involved would be protected by indemnity but barred from being pressured or given false information. It also covers final 2020 Leaving Certificate certificates and lets results be withheld where improper contact or misinformation affects the grading process.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to make provision, due to the exigencies of the public health emergency posed by the spread of the disease known as Covid-19, for a system of accredited grades for the purposes of the Leaving Certificate 2021; for that purpose to provide for the indemnification of certain persons in respect of the provision of estimated marks; to prohibit certain communications with teachers, tutors, principals and other persons who perform any function in relation to the provision of estimated marks; to provide for the withholding of accredited grades where false or misleading information is provided; to confer on the State Examinations Commission certain functions in relation to the system of accredited grades; to provide for the designation of certain persons as tutors; to provide for the issue of certificates in respect of the final results awarded for the Leaving Certificate Examination for the year 2020; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 11 September 2024

Sponsor
  • Minister for Education Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages
    Dáil
  • Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
    Seanad
  • Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Order for Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage
    Seanad

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