Introduced
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To exempt schools whose student MEAP test answer sheets were lost by the Department of Treasury, or by its assessment contractor from the state school accreditation requirements for the year. In 2003, several thousand answer sheets were lost. State accreditation standards are based in part on MEAP test results. The bill would require that 25 percent of a school's answer sheets were lost to qualify for the exemption.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one which would allow the exemption if any number of a school's answer sheets were lost, rather than 25 percent.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To exempt schools whose student MEAP test answer sheets were lost by the Department of Treasury, or by its assessment contractor from the state school accreditation requirements for the year. In 2003, several thousand answer sheets from a number of schools were lost. State accreditation standards are based in part on MEAP test results. A school would qualify for the exemption regardless of how few of its answer sheets had been lost. However, a school or school district would not be exempt from a determination that it had not achieved adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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To only exempt from the state school accreditation requirements schools from which at least five-percent of the student MEAP test answer sheets were lost, rather than those from which any answer sheets at all were lost. Also, to require these schools to retest students.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 109 to 0 (details)
To exempt from the state school accreditation requirements for the year schools from which at least five-percent of the student MEAP test answer sheets were lost by the Department of Treasury its contractor. In 2003, several thousand answer sheets from a number of schools were lost. State accreditation standards are based in part on MEAP test results. However, a school or school district would not be exempt from a determination that it had not achieved adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
