Bill
Number: S.B. 1455
Allen S Floor Amendment
Reference to: EDUCATION Committee amendment
Amendment drafted by: Catcher Baden
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
· Restores the ability to opt-out of statewide assessments rather than opt into an alternative local assessment.
· Restores language concerning what happens if a parent opts-out of the statewide assessment.
· Removes the requirement and related procedures related to the adoption of local alternative assessments.
Second Regular Session S.B. 1455
ALLEN S FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1455
(Reference to EDUCATION Committee amendment)
Page 3, line 10, strike “INTO AN ALTERNATIVE LOCAL” insert “OUT OF THE STATEWIDE”; strike “AND”
Line 11, strike “ADMINISTERED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY” insert “BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE 3 OF THIS TITLE”
Page 5, line 14, strike “INTO AN ALTERNATIVE LOCAL” insert “OUT OF THE STATEWIDE”
Line 15, strike “AND ADMINISTERED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY” insert “BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE 3 OF THIS TITLE”
Page 11, line 14, strike “INTO AN”
Line 15, strike “ALTERNATIVE LOCAL” insert “OUT OF THE STATEWIDE”; after “ADOPTED” strike remainder of line
Line 16, strike “AGENCY” insert “BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION”
Line 18, strike “INTO AN ALTERNATIVE LOCAL” insert “OUT OF THE STATEWIDE”; strike “AND”
Strike line 19, insert “BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. IF A PARENT OPTS OUT OF THE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT:
1. THE LACK OF ASSESSMENT RESULTS FOR THAT CHILD MAY NOT BE FACTORED INTO THE SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT PROFILE CLASSIFICATION ASSIGNED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-241.
2. THE LACK OF ASSESSMENT RESULTS FOR THAT CHILD MAY NOT BE FACTORED INTO THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SCHOOL REPORT CARD DISTRIBUTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-746.
3. THE LACK OF ASSESSMENT RESULTS FOR THAT CHILD MAY NOT BE FACTORED INTO PERFORMANCE CLASSIFICATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-203, SUBSECTION A, PARAGRAPH 38 OR PERFORMANCE BASED COMPENSATION SYSTEMS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-977.
4. AND IF THE CHILD IS IN THE THIRD GRADE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL USE AN ALTERNATIVE OTHER THAN A STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 15-701 TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT PUPIL'S READING ABILITY IS SUFFICIENT TO PROMOTE THAT PUPIL FROM THE THIRD GRADE.
5. AND IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL REQUIRES A PASSING SCORE ON A STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT AS A REQUIREMENT TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR CHARTER SCHOOL SHALL USE AN ALTERNATIVE OTHER THAN A STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT PUPIL HAS SATISFIED THAT PORTION OF THE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.”
Page 11, line 21, strike the quotation marks
Strike lines 22 through 32
Page 12, strike lines 1 through 6, insert:
“H. THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MAY NOT WITHHOLD ANY MONIES FROM A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY BECAUSE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL OR LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY DID NOT TEST AT LEAST NINETY-FIVE PERCENT OF STUDENTS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.”
Amend title to conform