Senator MASSEY proposed the following amendment (935R012.SP.ASM):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, on page 11, Section 59-8-150(C)(1), by striking lines 17 through 40 and inserting:

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

(a) ensure that each scholarship student in grades three through eight takes the SC Ready or SC Ready alternative summative assessment required of students in public schools in this state;

(b) ensure that each scholarship student in grades four and six takes the SC Pass or SC Pass alternative summative assessment required of students in public schools in this state;

(c) ensure that each scholarship student in grades nine through twelve takes a nationally norm-referenced or formative assessment approved by the department. Students with disabilities for whom standardized testing is not appropriate are exempt from this requirement; and

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

(i) requiring that each scholarship student takes either an approved nationally norm-referenced assessment annually, or an approved formative assessment in the fall and spring, to measure learning gains in math and reading; and

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