Senate File 2341 S-5049 Amend Senate File 2341 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, after line 16 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. Section 259A.5, subsection 2, Code 2018, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 2. The state board of education shall adopt rules under 5 chapter 17A to carry out this chapter . Any rules adopted 6 relating to demonstrations of competence for purposes of this 7 chapter shall require such demonstrations to be equivalent 8 to or of greater rigor than those required for high school 9 graduation, and such demonstrations shall include but 10 are not limited to a test battery, credit-based measures, 11 and attainment of other academic credentials. The rules 12 shall require a high school equivalency program or testing 13 center approved by the department of education to waive 14 application, test, and course fees for a student who fails 15 to pass the civics examination administered under section 16 280.9A, subsection 1, paragraph “b” , but who otherwise met the 17 graduation requirements of the school district or accredited 18 nonpublic school of enrollment. > 19 2. By renumbering as necessary. 20 ______________________________ ROBERT M. HOGG -1- SF2341.4169 (1) 87 kh/jh 1/ 1 #1. #2.