Senator FANNING proposed the following amendment (WAB\935C021.RT.WAB22):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 2, by striking Section 59-8-150(C)(1) and inserting:

/ (1) Education service providers that provide full-time academic instruction shall:

(a) ensure that each scholarship student in grades kindergarten through twelve takes all assessments required by federal and state law for students in South Carolina Public Schools. Students with disabilities who must be assessed against alternate achievement standards shall take the South Carolina Alternate Assessment (SC-Alt) or the current approved Alternate Assessment on Alternate Achievement Standards (AA-AAS) for South Carolina public schools; and

(b) measure academic performance and annual learning gains of its scholarship students by:

( i) requiring that each scholarship student takes all assessments required by federal and state law for students in South Carolina Public Schools for the purpose of measuring learning gains in math and reading using instruments approved on the statewide adoption list of formative assessments as required under Section 59-18-310; and

(ii) collecting high school graduation information of scholarship students for reporting to the department as required in this section. /