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IN HB1345
Bill
Status
1/13/2015
Primary Sponsor
Rhonda Rhoads
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AI Summary
HB 1345 Summary
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Department of Education may not require students in any school corporation, charter school, or grade to complete required statewide, national, or international tests using a computer.
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Department, school corporations, and schools must accommodate paper-based testing if requested by a student's parent or by the student if at least 18 years old or emancipated.
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Paper-based testing must be provided if a student's individualized education program requires the use of paper.
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Defines "ISTEP program test" as any statewide, national, or international assessment required of students.
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Effective July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Administration of standardized tests in schools. Provides that the department of education (department) may not require the students in a school corporation, a charter school, a school, or a grade or class in a school to complete a required statewide, national, or international test using a computer. Provides that the department, a school corporation, or a school may not require a student to use a computer to complete a required statewide, national, or international test if the student's parent or the student, if the student is at least 18 years of age or emancipated, requests that the student complete the
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Education
1/13/2015