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Bill would require ESDs to provide free proctored exams for homeschooled students at least three times per year
Summary
House Bill 3,624 (dash 1) would require education service districts to make approved examinations available at least three times per year at no cost to parents and to allow parents to choose an alternate approved exam; sponsor said the bill responds to instances where families paid hundreds to proctor tests.
Salem — Representative Mark Owens told the House Education Committee on March 31 that House Bill 3,624 would relieve a recurring cost for some homeschooling families by directing education service districts to provide approved examinations at no cost at least three times per year.
Staff described the dash 1 amendment as replacing the measure: each ESD would select an approved examination, administer it at least three times a year at no cost to parents, and allow parents to instead choose another…
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