SB 353 — Requires the Department of Education to review certain assessments. (BDR 34-528)

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353–COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (O N BEHALF OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION ) M ARCH 25, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Requires the Department of Education to review certain assessments.

(BDR 34-528) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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LegislativeLegExisting Counsel’slaw Digest:provides for the administration of examinations and assessments to measure the achievement and proficiency of pupils in various subjects.

Existing law provides for the administration of examinations and assessments to measure the achievement and proficiency of pupils in various subjects.

(1) the educational benefit of administering an examination or assessment;

and(2) (3) redundancy in the) the costs of information, skills or abilities measured by an examination or assessment.

Section 3 of this bill requires the Department to adopt regulations that prescribe limitations for:

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Section 3.5 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Department for costs related to contract services and adopting regulations to carry out the provisions of this bill.

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The Department shall review examinations and assessments administered pursuant to this chapter and examinations and assessments required to be administered by the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or a public school on a district-wide or school-wide basis, as applicable, for:

1.- 81st Session (2021) – 2 – 2.

The educationalcost benefit of administering an examination or assessment;assessment;;

2.

The cost of administering an examination or assessment;

The Department shall adopt regulations thatthat, for an examination or assessment administered pursuant to this chapter or required to be administered by the board of trustees of a school district, the governing body of a charter school or a public school on a district-wide or school-wide basis, as applicable, prescribe limits on the:

(a) Actual time taken from instruction to conduct an examination or assessmentassessment; pursuant to this chapter;

and (b) Number of examinations or assessments administered to pupils pursuant to this chapter in a school year.

If the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school intends to administer an examination or assessment pursuant to this chapter that would exceed a limitation in a regulation adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 1, the board of trustees of the school district or the governing body of the charter school must request a waiver from the State Board to exceed the limitation.

Any balance of the sums appropriated by subsection 1 remaining at the end of the respective fiscal years must not be committed for expenditure after June 30 of the respective fiscal years by the entity to which the appropriation is made or any entity to which money from the appropriation is granted or otherwise transferred in any manner, and any portion of the appropriated - *SB353_R1* – 3 – money remaining must not be spent for any purpose after September 16, 2022, and September 15, 2023, respectively, by either the entity to which the money was appropriated or the entity to which the money was subsequently granted or transferred, and must be reverted to the State General Fund on or before September 16, 2022, and September 15, 2023, respectively.

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January2. 1, 2022.1, 2 and 3 of this act become effective on H - *SB353_R1*

Sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act become effective on January 1, 2022.

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