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H04512024 Regular Session

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

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

IntroducedIn CommitteeFloor VoteEnacted
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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.

U.C. to be returned to Education Committee