Bill
Number: S.B. 1131
Allen
S Floor Amendment
Reference
to: printed bill
Amendment
drafted by: Catcher Baden
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
·
Retains the
October submission date for literacy plans.
·
Delays the
Arizona Department of Education's (ADE) annual report date from November 15 to
December 15.
·
Requires the
annual report to include information on students' reading proficiency on the
statewide assessment beyond the third grade.
·
Modifies the new
retention exemption by requiring students to demonstrate sufficient reading
skills rather than proficiency.
·
Limits the
individualized annual notifications to students who are at risk of reading
below grade level.
·
Requires test
scores to be received by May 15th for 3rd grade reading
and May 25th for all other portions of the statewide assessment.
·
Limits the
testing window to four consecutive weeks for the statewide assessment.
·
Allows ADE, with
review and approval by the State Board of Education, to adjust the testing
window in years the proficiency levels of the statewide assessment are
modified.
Page 1, line 18, strike "October
july" insert "October"
Page 2, line 32, strike "November"
insert "December"
Line 41, after
the period, insert "THE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO
THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL INCLUDE DATA AND INFORMATION ON CONTINUED PROFICIENCY ON
THE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT IN SUBSEQUENT GRADES."
Page 4, line
15, strike "PROFICIENCY" insert "SUFFICIENT READING SKILLS OR ADEQUATE PROGRESS TOWARDS SUFFICIENT
READING SKILLS"
Line 16,
strike "all" insert "the"
Page 5, line
35, after "is" insert "at
risk of"
Page 8, line
41, strike "(ii)" insert "(ii)"
Line 43,
strike "(iii)" insert "(iii)"
Page 10,
line 43, strike "ANY TEST" insert "THE THIRD GRADE READING PORTION OF THE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT"
Page 11,
line 1, after "YEAR" insert "AND THE SCORES AND ASSESSMENT DATA FOR ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE
STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE RECEIVED BY
LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES on or before May 25 of each academic year"
Line 2,
strike "THIS DATE" insert "THESE DATES"
Line 44,
after "DATA" insert "ON THE
THIRD GRADE READING PORTION OF THE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 15-741"
Line 45,
after "YEAR" insert "AND
THE SCORES AND ASSESSMENT DATA FOR ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE STATEWIDE
assessment ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-741 SHALL BE RECEIVED BY LOCAL
EDUCATION AGENCIES on or before May 25 of each academic year"
Page 13,
strike lines 14 through 18
Reletter to
conform
Page 13, line
21, after "ASSESSMENT" insert "ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-741 MAY NOT BE LONGER THAN FOUR
CONSECUTIVE SCHOOL WEEKS AND"
Line 22,
after "THE" insert "THIRD
GRADE READING PORTION OF THE"
Line 23,
after "YEAR" insert "AND
THE SCORES AND ASSESSMENT DATA FOR ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE STATEWIDE
ASSESSMENT ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-741 ARE RECEIVED BY LOCAL EDUCATION
AGENCIES ON OR BEFORE MAY 25 OF EACH ACADEMIC YEAR"
After line
23, insert:
"G. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBSECTION F OF THIS SECTION, SECTION 15-741 AND
SECTION 15-742, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SUBJECT TO REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY
THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MAY ADJUST THE TESTING WINDOW FOR THE STATEWIDE
ASSESSMENT ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-741 IN ACADEMIC YEARS THAT THE STATE
BOARD OF EDUCATION IS REVISING CURRENT PROFICIENCY LEVELS OR IS ESTABLISHING
NEW PROFICIENCY LEVELS FOR THE STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
15-741."
Amend title to conform