Bill Summaries: S483 (2017-2018 Session)

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  • Summary date: Mar 29 2017 - View summary

    Amends GS 115C-562.5, concerning the obligations of nonpublic schools accepting eligible students receiving scholarship grants, to require the nonpublic school to administer at least once a year the most recent edition of one of the specified nationally normed standardized tests (currently, a nationally standardized test or other nationally standardized equivalent measurement) selected by the chief administrative officer of the nonpublic school to all eligible students whose tuition and fees are paid in whole or in part with a scholarship grant enrolled in grades three or higher. Specifies the standardized tests to be selected from as: the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS), Iowa Assessment Form E, the California Achievement Test (CAT), the Standardized Achievement Test, or the Terra Nova Plus. Makes conforming changes.

    Further, requires a nonpublic school enrolling more than 10 students (currently, more than 25 students) whose tuition and fees are paid in whole or in part with a scholarship grant to report to the State Education Assistance Authority on the aggregate standardized test performance of eligible students. 

    Applies beginning with the 2017-18 school year.