After seeing Dean's email below, I did a little looking for information on plus/minus grading.  Commencing Summer 2006, a three year pilot allowing plus/minus grading at UGA and Georgia State University was instituted by the BoR with a moratorium on plus/minus grading at other USG institutions until the pilot was completed .  There is some language below taken from a more lengthy passage in the Feb 2009 BoR meeting minutes that seem to indicate that this pilot is complete. So I share this as information.

Excerpt from 2007-2008 Academic Policy Committee (GCSU) Annual Report:

1. Plus/Minus grading system: Lee Gillis presented the results of initial info gathering on the +/- grading system policy currently being piloted by UGA, and the BOR has issued a statement that no school is to implement it until the pilot is complete. Info can be found at http://bulletin.uga.edu/PlusMinusGradingFAQ.html

Information from BoR/USG web presence
Feb 2009 BoR Minutes: http://www.usg.edu/regents/documents/board_meetings/agenda0209.pdf
Particularly relevant excerpt from these Feb 2009 minutes is this passage:
"For these reasons, plus/minus grades may not be used in the calculation of the HOPE GPA. This
caveat ensures that Board policy meets the requirements of HOPE legislation administered by the
Georgia Student Finance Commission. Because this is a national standard of good grading practice,
it is recommended that Policy 305 be amended to allow the University of Georgia and Georgia State
University to use plus/minus grades. If other universities request to use plus/minus grades in the
future, those requests would be brought before the Board for approval."

Current BoR Grading Policy: http://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section3/policy/3.5_grading_system/

At 07:45 AM 1/11/2010, you wrote:
 

I have an item for inclusion on an ECUS agenda (if not this meeting then the next). The SON has asked me to bring an issue to ECUS for discussion. At the SON's retreat last Wednesday discussion about grading scales arose. University of Georgia has gone to a plus and minus grading scale. The SON would like to know if it is possible for GCSU to consider this same type grading scale?
 
I may not be present at this Wednesday's meeting. I have been sick with flu since last Thursday. I teach Wednesday, but may go home after teaching if I do not feel well. Will let the committee know  Wednesday afternoon.
 
Carol Dean Baker Ph.D, RN
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
College of Health Sciences
Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville GA 31061