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Co-Patron(s): Bulova, Hope, Lopez, McQuinn, Plum, Rasoul, Sickles, Spruill, Toscano, Ware, Lee, Watts
Funding Related to Expedited SOL Retakes

Item 130 #4h

Language
Page 102, line 16, strike "$40,029,088" and insert "$40,329,088".
Page 102, line 16, strike "$40,029,088" and insert "$40,329,088".
Page 102, after line 27, insert:
"C. This appropriation includes $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the second year from the general fund to pay for the related costs associated with the Department of Education promulgating regulations that provide the same criteria for eligibility for an expedited retake of any Standards of Learning (SOL) test to all students regardless of grade level or course."

Explanation
(This amendment provides $300,000 each year from the general fund to offset the costs incurred by the Department of Education for distributing revised regulations regarding the changes that would allow any student, regardless of their grade level, to have an expedited retake of their SOL tests, pursuant to the passage of House Bill 548.)