Bill
Number: S.B. 1396
Crandell
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Kody Kelleher
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
·
Requires
Arizona to withdraw from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for
College and Careers (PARCC) and prohibits the adoption of the PARCC assessment.
·
Prohibits
school districts and charter schools from requiring students to pass an
assessment in order to graduate from high school for the 2015, 2016 and 2017
school years.
·
Eliminates
all changes regarding the State Board of Education’s authority to prescribe and
adopt academic standards, competency requirements and assessments.
·
Maintains
the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards test title change.
Page 21, strike lines 28 through 44
Strike pages 22 through 27
Page 28, strike lines 1 through 34
Renumber to conform
Page 31, between lines 22 and 23, insert:
"Sec. 7. Title 15, chapter 7, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-701.02, to read:
15-701.02. Partnership for assessment of
readiness for college and careers; withdrawal
A. This
state shall withdraw from the partnership for assessment of readiness for college
and careers and the state board of education shall not adopt any assessment
developed by that consortium.
B. This
state may not enter into or renew an agreement with any outside entity that
develops academic standards and assessments for use in multiple states unless
the state board of education notifies the speaker of the house of
representatives and the president of the senate in writing during a session of
the legislature." END_STATUTE
Renumber to conform
Line 31, after “board” strike remainder of line
Line 32, strike "education
academic standards"
Strike lines 37 through 41, insert:
"3. Ensure that the tests prescribed in this
section are uniform throughout the state.
4. Ensure that the tests prescribed in this section
are able to be scored in an objective manner and that the tests are not
intended to advocate any sectarian, partisan or denominational viewpoint."
Renumber to conform
Page 32, strike lines 21 through 40
Reletter to conform
Line 42, strike "or
the achievement tests adopted by the school"
Strike line 43
Line 44, strike "subsection
B of this section"
Page 33, line 3, strike the colon
Strike lines 4 through 15
Line 16, strike "5."
Line 19, strike "subsection
subsections" insert
"subsection"; strike "and
B"
Line 28, strike the comma; strike “the school”
Line 29, strike “district
governing board or the charter school governing body”
Strike lines 33, 34 and 35
Page 44, between lines 10 and 11, insert:
"Sec. 15. Tests required for high school graduation; moratorium
Notwithstanding any other law, a school district or charter
school in this state may not administer a standardized test during the 2014‑2015
school year, the 2015‑2016 school year or the 2016‑2017 school year
to any pupil if the pupil is required to obtain a passing score on that test in
order to graduate from high school."
Amend title to conform