CO SB223

Parents may excuse their child from participating in any standardized state assessment required by Colorado without negative consequences to the student, teacher, principal, or school.

Each school district, cooperative services board, and charter school must adopt a written policy describing how parents can submit test exemption requests, including timing requirements and scope of exemptions.

School districts must distribute the exemption policy to parents in paper and electronic formats before fall semester classes begin and post it on their website.

The Department of Education and local education providers cannot penalize students, teachers, principals, schools, or the providers themselves based on reduced test participation rates from parent opt-outs.

Lower test scores resulting from opt-outs do not constitute a penalty and cannot result in lower effectiveness ratings for teachers or principals, or lower performance plans for schools or accreditation status for providers.