AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY THE SENATE

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5. That, for the purposes of determining the future fiscal impact of requiring remediation for those students failing the Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments, the Board of Education shall, following the 1998 and 1999 administration of the SOL assessments, determine the degree to which the current funding mechanisms are sufficient to address the remedial needs of those students failing such SOL assessments. The Board shall provide, to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Education, and the Senate Committees on Finance and Education and Health, by December 1, 1998, an interim report addressing their initial findings and, by December 1, 1999, a final report on the findings for both years and any recommendations for the current remedial education and at-risk funding programs for the 2000-2002 biennial budget, to ensure access to remedial services for those students failing the SOL assessments.