Senate Amendment 5030 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, S-5018, to Senate File 2216 as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 4 through 28 and 1 4 inserting the following: 1 5 <<Sec. . Section 256.9, Code Supplement 2007, 1 6 is amended by adding the following new subsection: 1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 59. Demonstrate the effectiveness 1 8 of the core curriculum adopted pursuant to section 1 9 256.7, subsection 26, by requiring school districts to 1 10 administer annually, beginning in the school year 1 11 following the school year in which school districts 1 12 first implemented the core curriculum, a valid, 1 13 reliable statewide assessment of the core curriculum 1 14 content areas. The assessment shall be an 1 15 end=of=course, standardized, norm=referenced 1 16 assessment developed by a nationally recognized 1 17 testing service. The department shall submit the 1 18 results and the department's findings and 1 19 recommendations in a report to the general assembly by 1 20 January 15 annually.>> 1 21 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 1 22 1 23 1 24 1 25 PAUL McKINLEY 1 26 SF 2216.706 82 1 27 kh/rj/9901 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35 1 36 1 37 1 38 1 39 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-