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1998 SESSION

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SB 120 Literacy Passport Tests.

Introduced by: J. Randy Forbes | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Literacy Passport Tests. Phases out the current Literacy Passport testing requirement set forth in the Standards of Quality as follows: in school year 1997-98, the Literacy Passport Test (LPT) shall be administered to students in grades six, seven, and eight, and to graded students and ungraded students, as applicable, in grades nine through twelve, and to adults and students returning to upgrade a certificate of completion or special diploma to a standard or advanced studies diploma. For students in grade six in school year 1997-1998, the test results shall be for informational purposes only and shall not be used as a graduation requirement or for classification as a ninth grader but shall be used for remediation purposes. In school year 1998-1999, the LPT shall be administered to students in grade eight, and to graded students and ungraded students, as applicable, in grades nine through twelve, and to adults and students returning to upgrade a certificate of completion or special diploma to a standard or advanced studies diploma. In school year 1999-2000, the LPT shall be administered to graded students and ungraded students, as applicable, in grades nine through twelve, and to adults and students returning to upgrade a certificate of completion or special diploma to a standard or advanced studies diploma. In school year 2000-2001, the LPT shall be administered to graded students and ungraded students, as applicable, in grades ten through twelve, and to adults and students returning to upgrade a certificate of completion or special diploma to a standard or advanced studies diploma. In school year 2001-2002, the LPT shall be administered to graded students and ungraded students, as applicable, in grades eleven and twelve, and to adults and students returning to upgrade a certificate of completion or special diploma to a standard or advanced studies diploma. In school years 2002-2003, 2003-2004, and 2004-2005, the LPT shall be administered to graded students and ungraded students, as applicable, in grade twelve, and to adults and students returning to upgrade a certificate of completion or special diploma to a standard or advanced studies diploma. After school year 2004-2005, the LPT shall be administered only to adults and students returning to upgrade a certificate of completion or special diploma to a standard or advanced studies diploma. Effective July 1, 2003, division superintendents may require summer school attendance for students whose passage of the Standards of Learning (SOL) Assessments has been determined to be directly related to summer school attendance. Also in 2003, failure rates for the SOL Assessments will serve as a basis for providing state funding for certain instructional positions. The Board of Education is to report to the Governor and chairmen of the House Committees on Education and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance regarding the fiscal impact of requiring remediation for students failing the SOL tests. This bill is similar, but not identical, to HB 409.


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