HOUSE AMENDMENT

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    Amendment No. ___ (TECHNICAL AMENDMENT)

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11  The Procedural & Redistricting Council offered the following:

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13         Technical Amendment 

14         On page 809, line 30 through page 810, line 14,

15  remove:  all of said lines

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19  Education.

20         6.  Participation in the testing program is mandatory

21  for all students attending public school, including students

22  served in Department of Juvenile Justice programs, except as

23  otherwise prescribed by the commissioner. If a student does

24  not participate in the statewide assessment, the district must

25  notify the student's parent and provide the parent with

26  information regarding the implications of such

27  nonparticipation. If modifications are made in the student's

28  instruction to provide accommodations that would not be

29  permitted on the statewide assessment tests, the district must

30  notify the student's parent of the implications of such

31  instructional modifications. A parent must provide signed

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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  2  that would not be permitted on the statewide assessments and

  3  must acknowledge in writing that he or she understands the

  4  implications of such accommodations. The State Board of

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