Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Education Assessment Policy topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Sponsor says amendments add flexibility to statewide student assessments
Summary
Representative Taylor said Senate amendments add two areas of flexibility to statewide assessments, preserving the bill's original intent and aiding students with IEPs and 504 plans.
Representative Taylor told the House that the bill's core purpose — adding flexibility to how statewide assessments are administered — remains intact and that the Senate added two additional areas of flexibility the House accepted. "This was always about flexibility in administering the statewide assessment for schools and, the Senate identified 2 other areas where flexibility might be advantageous," Taylor said.
Representative Webb commented that additional options are important for students with individualized education programs (IEPs) or 504 plans. "With the students, this is so important to be able to have another option to give it, especially those that have various, IEPs or 504s," Webb said, and expressed support for an aye vote.
The transcript records sponsor concurrence with the Senate amendments; no roll-call final passage is recorded in the excerpt.
