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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.

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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.

house Chamber· Feb 20, 2024

House Third Reading

✓ Passed
57 Yea
12 Nay
1 absentPassed by 45 votes
Republican
47 yea/12 nay
Democrat
10 yea/0 nay
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ABSENT / NOT VOTING (1)

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