H.B.
15
STATEWIDE ADAPTIVE TESTING
Senate Floor
Amendments
Amendment 4 March 6, 2012 4:04 PM
Senator Howard A. Stephenson proposes the following amendments:
1. Page 1, Lines 23 through 24 :
23 . reporting the expenditure of money for computer adaptive tests;
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. requires the State Board of Education to establish a parent committee of 15 members to review computer adaptive test questions appointed as follows:
. 5 members appointed by the chair of the State Board of Education;
. 5 members appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; and
. 5 members appointed by the president of the Senate; and
24 . makes technical amendments.
2. Page 6, Lines 161c through 162
House Floor Amendments
1-31-2012 :
161c Educational Rights and Privacy Act. .H
(9)(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a committee consisting of 15 parents of Utah
public education students to review all computer adaptive test questions.
(b) The committee established in Subsection (9)(a) shall include the following parent members:
(i) five members appointed by the chair of the State Board of Education;
(ii) five members appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; and
(iii) five members appointed by the president of the Senate.
(c) The State Board of Education shall provide staff support to the parent committee.
(d) The term of office of each member appointed in Subsection (9)(b) is four years.
(e) The chair of the State Board of Education, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the president of the Senate shall adjust the length of terms to stagger the terms of committee members so that approximately 1/2 of the committee members are appointed every two years.
(f) No member may receive compensation or benefits for the member's service on the committee.
162 Section 3. Section 53A-1-611 is amended to read:
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