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Board approves multi‑year waiver allowing NDA+ in place of BIE assessment
Summary
The Turtle Valley School Board approved a waiver to stop administering the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) assessment and instead permit students districtwide to take the NDA+ assessment for upcoming school years; the motion was moved by Terry and carried by roll call.
The board voted to approve a waiver that will allow district students to take the NDA+ assessment rather than the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) assessment for the coming school years.
A staff member told the board the waiver, filed with the Bureau of Indian Education and the U.S. Department of Education, would cover multiple school years and apply to all district schools. “What this does is, allows us to assess our students taking the NDA plus assessment. It removes us from taking the BIE assessment,” the staff member said, recommending approval.
Board records in the meeting show a motion to approve the waiver, which the transcript records as moved by Terry and seconded by Wanda. The board conducted a roll call after discussion; members present voted in the affirmative and the motion carried.
The staff member said the district has used similar waivers in the past and that filing is necessary to continue administering the NDA+ rather than the BIE test beginning next school year. No fiscal details were provided during the discussion.
The board did not identify a timeline in the meeting for submitting the final waiver paperwork; staff said the waiver would go to the appropriate federal office as described.
