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LA HR8
Resolution
Status
4/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Michael Melerine
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AI Summary
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Requests the Louisiana Department of Education to submit written reports to the House Committee on Education on the administration of the ACT, WorkKeys test, and Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) to high school students
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Requires four reports with specific deadlines: initial report covering 2022-2025 school years due September 1, 2025; subsequent annual reports due September 1, 2026 and 2027; and a final report on fall 2027-2028 due January 3, 2028
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Reports must be disaggregated by local education agency, student demographics, and percentage of students taking each test by diploma type (university vs. career diploma)
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Following implementation of Act No. 635 of 2024, reports must demonstrate the effect on overall student testing load, including data on students taking multiple tests or retaking tests
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Act No. 635 of 2024 changed testing requirements to give career diploma students a choice between taking the ACT, WorkKeys, or ASVAB, whereas prior law required them to take the ACT
Legislative Description
Requests the state Department of Education to report relative to the administration of certain standardized tests
STUDENT/ASSESSMENT
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
4/15/2025