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1998 SESSION

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(SB120)

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES

    1. Page 9, engrossed, line 47

      insert

        5. That for the purpose 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 administrations of the SOL Assessments, determine the degree to which the current funding mechanisms are sufficient to address the remedial needs of those students failing the SOL Assessments. The Board shall provide to the Governor and 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 to the current remedial and at-risk funding programs, for the 2000-2002 biennial budget, to ensure access to remedial services for those students failing the SOL Assessments.