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HOUSE BILL NO. 2589
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Education
on February 4, 2009)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Englin)
A BILL to provide local school divisions flexibility with regard to the assessment used to evaluate limited English proficient students for the 2009-2010 school year.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  § 1. Assessment of limited English proficient students.

That local school divisions in the Commonwealth shall administer a limited English proficiency assessment mandated for students pursuant to the federal No Child Left Behind Act for the 2009-2010 school year that is locally developed or selected and has been approved by the Board of Education in accordance with federal requirements.