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HB 2113: schools; online test preparation

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Carter, LD 15

BILL STATUS: Appropriations

                ED: DP 11-0-0-0

Legend: ABOR – Arizona Board of Regents FY – Fiscal Year GF – Arizona State General Fund LEA – Local Education Agency SBE – Arizona State Board of Education SY – School Year Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRelating to an online preparation system for college admissions tests.

Provisions

1.       Directs SBE to contract with an online test preparation provider to prepare students to take a college admission test that assesses outlined subjects and is most commonly submitted to universities under the jurisdiction of ABOR. (Sec. 1)

2.       Requires the online test preparation system be available to students for at least one full year beginning in SY 2019. (Sec. 1)

3.       Allows students who are in 11th grade during SY 2019 to access the online test preparation system as soon as it is operational. (Sec. 1)

4.       Outlines requirements for the online test preparation system. (Sec. 1)

5.       Instructs LEAs to encourage the use of the online test preparation system, and inform parents and students about it, to be eligible to administer a college admissions test provided by SBE from monies appropriated for college readiness assessments. (Sec. 1)

6.       Appropriates $800,000 from the GF to SBE in FY 2019 to fund the online test preparation system. (Sec. 2)

 

 

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                  HB 2113

Second Regular Session                               Version 2: Appropriations

 

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