S-5049

   Amend Senate File 2341 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 16 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 259A.5, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The state board of education shall adopt rules under chapter 17A to carry out this chapter. Any rules adopted relating to demonstrations of competence for purposes of this chapter shall require such demonstrations to be equivalent to or of greater rigor than those required for high school graduation, and such demonstrations shall include but are not limited to a test battery, credit-based measures, and attainment of other academic credentials.  The rules shall require a high school equivalency program or testing center approved by the department of education to waive application, test, and course fees for a student who fails to pass the civics examination administered under section 280.9A, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, but who otherwise met the graduation requirements of the school district or accredited nonpublic school of enrollment.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ROBERT M. HOGG