HF 2172 (LSB 6113YH (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2172

BY  FETT

A BILL FOR

An Act modifying testing requirements applicable to pupils who are participating in the education savings account program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 257.11B, subsection 11, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Each pupil participating in the education savings account program is required to take all one of the following sets of student assessments:
   (1)  All applicable state and federally required student assessments and the.
   (2)  Standardized, nationally norm-referenced student assessments in mathematics and English language arts in the same grades as comparable tests are administered under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114-95.
   b.  The results of those the assessments shall be provided to the pupil’s parents or guardians and reported to the department of education.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill modifies testing requirements applicable to pupils who are participating in the education savings account program.
   Current law requires each pupil participating in the education savings account program to take all applicable state and federally required student assessments. The bill modifies this provision to provide that each such pupil is required to take either all applicable state and federally required student assessments or standardized, nationally norm-referenced student assessments in mathematics and English language arts in the same grades as comparable tests are administered under federal law.