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H05662024 Regular SessionSigned into law

Amends existing law to revise when a student can be exempted from certain required English language assessments.

EDUCATION -- Amends existing law to revise when a student can be exempted from certain required English language assessments.

EDUCATION

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Thisbillupdatesthestatuteaddressingassessmentexemptionsandremoveslanguageregardingassessmentsno longer used in Idaho and include current state-mandated tests. This bill also provides an exemption for English language learning students, who have not been enrolled for two (2) full school years in the United States and who score less than a level two (2) on the state’s English language proficiency test, to be exempted from the Idaho Reading Indicator assessment. Schools must determine which students qualify for the exemption before the fall testing date.

HOW THEY VOTED

house Chamber· Feb 20, 2024

House Third Reading

✓ Passed
57 Yea
12 Nay
1 absentPassed by 64.29 votes

ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)

LATEST ACTION

Reported Signed by Governor on March 11, 2024 Session Law Chapter 29 Effective: 07/01/2024

BILL INFO

Session
2024
Chamber
house
Status date
Mar 12, 2024

LINKS

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