Amend the committee report, as and if amended, Section 59-18-325(C)(4)(b), as contained in SECTION 8, by deleting the subitem in its entirety and inserting:
/ (b) For the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 School Years, all public high schools and, where necessary, career centers, annually shall administer the WorkKeys assessment and the ACT Plus Writing college readiness assessment procured by the department to all eleventh grade students except for:
(i) a student whose parent or guardian completes, in writing, a form developed by the department and approved by the district, to enable the parent or guardian to opt the student out of either the ACT Plus Writing or the WorkKeys assessment; or
(ii) a student with a disability whose Individualized Education Program (IEP) team determines, and agrees in writing, that taking either of these assessments would not be aligned with the student's program of study and the student should not be administered either assessment.
Following the 2018-2019 School Year, all public high schools and, where necessary, career centers, annually shall administer the college readiness and WorkKeys assessments procured by the department to all eleventh grade students except as otherwise noted in this section. For the purposes of this section, 'eleventh grade students' means students in the third year of high school after their initial enrollment in the ninth grade. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.