Second Regular Session S.B. 1455
PROPOSED AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1455
(Reference to proposed amendment dated: 2/16/16; 1:53 PM)
Page 3, line 10, strike “OUT OF THE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENTS PRESCRIBED IN”
Line 11, strike “CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE 3 OF THIS TITLE” insert “INTO AN ALTERNATIVE LOCAL ASSESSMENT ADOPTED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY”
Page 5, line 14, strike “OUT OF THE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENTS”
Line 15, strike “PRESCRIBED IN ARTICLE 3 OF THIS CHAPTER” insert “INTO AN ALTERNATIVE LOCAL ASSESSMENT ADOPTED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY”
Page 11, line 12, strike “OUT OF THE”
Line 13, strike “STATEWIDE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE PRESCRIBED IN THIS ARTICLE” insert “INTO AN ALTERNATIVE LOCAL ASSESSMENT ADOPTED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY”
Strike lines 16 through 31
Page 12, strike lines 1 through, 5 insert “INTO AN ALTERNATIVE LOCAL ASSESSMENT ADOPTED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY.”
Between lines 7 and 8, insert:
“H. A local education agency shall provide alternative assessment options for any student that has opted into the alternative local assessment pursuant to this section. The local education agency shall report the number of students that take the alternative local assessment and the achievement of students on that alternative local assessment to the department of education. The local education agency shall use the results of the alternative local assessment for all of the following:
1. Factored in to the calculation of the school or school district achievement profile classification pursuant to section 15-241.
2. Information contained in the school report card distributed pursuant to 15-746.
3. 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. Used in the determination in section 15-701 to determine whether the pupil’s reading ability is sufficient to promote that pupil from third grade.”
Amend title to conform