HB 323 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
12Mar2015… 0806h
2015 SESSION
04/03
HOUSE BILL 323
AN ACT relative to the administration of the statewide assessment program.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf 4; Rep. Myler, Merr 10; Rep. Grenier, Sull 7; Rep. Gile, Merr 27
This bill makes changes to the type of statewide assessment that may be administered by a school district.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12Mar2015… 0806h
15-0164
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to the administration of the statewide assessment program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Statewide Education Improvement and Assessment Program; Assessment Required. Amend RSA 193-C:6 to read as follows:
193-C:6 Assessment Required. Each year, a statewide assessment program designed to yield specific data to use in identifying and improving instruction and learning shall be administered in all school districts in the state in grades 3 through 8 and one grade in high school. If approved through a federal education waiver, the New Hampshire department of education shall further develop criteria for an application and approval process that will allow school districts to meet certain readiness criteria to participate in a local model of assessment and accountability. This process will allow approved districts to implement the statewide assessment only in selected grades as determined by the department and as identified in the New Hampshire Performance Assessment for Competency Education (PACE) pilot. All public school students in the designated grades shall participate in the assessment, unless such student is exempted, or provided that the commissioner of the department of education may, through an agreement with another state when such state and New Hampshire are parties to an interstate agreement, allow pupils to participate in that state’s assessment program as an alternative to the assessment required under this chapter. Home educated students may contact their local school districts if they wish to participate in the statewide assessment. Private schools may contact the department of education to participate in the statewide assessment. Nothing in this section shall preclude the use of a well established, curriculum-based college readiness examination of academic achievement, such as the College Board SAT as the high school assessment, where approved for federal accountability purposes.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.