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Committee approves amendment to Hamilton County testing-reduction pilot
Summary
The Education Committee added amendment 16661 to HB 2422 to set pilot standards requiring a minimum 40% proficiency in grades 3–5 ELA and math and chronic absenteeism below 20% for districts seeking advancing/exemplary designation; the bill moved to Finance 16–1.
The House Education Committee on July 31 amended House Bill 2422, a Hamilton County testing-reduction pilot, to add clearer eligibility standards and then voted to send the bill to the Finance Committee.
Sponsor Representative Greg Martin described amendment 16661 as requiring any Local Education Agency seeking an advancing or exemplary district designation under the pilot to demonstrate “a minimum of 40% proficiency rate for students in grades 3 through 5 in English language arts and mathematics and achieve[] a chronic absenteeism rate for the district that is below 20%,” and clarified the minimum required testing applies to each school year of the pilot. Representative Martin asked for a favorable vote and thanked committee leadership for working to refine standards.
Members said they appreciated the amendment’s stronger standards and discussed the pilot’s two-year design. Following brief discussion about maintaining high standards while testing less, Chairman White called the vote; the clerk reported 16 ayes and 1 nay. The bill will proceed to the Finance Committee for further review.
The amendment text and the committee’s recorded tally are part of the official committee record. The sponsor told the committee the change was made to address concerns raised at a previous subcommittee meeting and to “get this in the right posture.”
What happens next: HB 2422 will be scheduled for consideration in Finance, where budgetary implications of changing testing and designation standards will be reviewed.
