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         STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TESTING EXCEPTIONS

house floor Amendments

Amendment 4 September 26, 2008 1:40 pm



Representative Merlynn T. Newbold proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 28 through 30 :    

             28          .    provides that a student enrolled in a school district or charter school that is exempt
             29      from administering the tenth grade basic skills competency test is subject to high
             30      school graduation standards adopted by the State Board of Education
  ; and

. provides a repeal date  
.


2.    Page 2, Line 38 :    

             38          53A-1-611, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
  63I-2-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapters 250, 397, and renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382      


3.    Page 4, Lines 105 through 106
    Senate Committee Amendments
    9-26-2008 :
    

             105          (ii) developed and adopted by the State Board of Education.
             105a      S.     (c) By
{   October 31, 2009   }        the November 2009 meeting of the Education Interim Committee       , the State Board of Education shall      {   :

             105b          (i) develop and adopt an accountability plan for a school district or charter school that
             105c      pilots an assessment system described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) - (iii); and
             105d          (iii) report on the accountability plan to the Education Interim Committee.  
}
  submit recommendations to the committee on the state's assessment system.      

             105e          (d) The State Board of Education may only provide the following exemptions under this
             105f      Subsection (5):
             105g          (i) up to three rural school districts;
             105h          (ii) up to two urban school districts; and
             105i          (iii) up to five charter schools. .S
             106          Section 2. Section 53A-1-611 is amended to read:

4.    Page 5, Line 136 :    

             136      standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 53A-1-603 .
    
  Section 3. Section 63I-2-253 is amended to read:      


     63I-2-253 .   Repeal dates -- Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.

     (1) Section 53A-1-403.5 is repealed July 1, 2012.
  (2) Subsection 53A-1-603(5) is repealed July 1, 2010.      

     (2) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 10, UPSTART, is repealed July 1, 2014.
     (3) Section 53A-3-702 is repealed July 1, 2008.
     (4) Section 53A-6-112 is repealed July 1, 2009.
     (5) Subsection 53A-13-110 (3) is repealed July 1, 2013.
     (6) Section 53A-17a-152 is repealed July 1, 2010.
     (7) Section 53A-17a-162 is repealed July 1, 2012.


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