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Chief Patron: Rodman
HB980 Minimize Standards of Learning Assessments

Item 130 #2h

Item 130 #2h

 First Year - FY2019 Second Year - FY2020
Education
Department of Education, Central Office Operations FY2019 ($1,000,000) FY2020 ($1,000,000) GF

Language
Page 104, line 49, strike "$39,326,152" and insert "$38,326,152".
 Page 104, line 49, strike "$39,326,152" and insert "$38,326,152".

Page 105, line 4, strike "$25,380,678" and "$25,380,678" and insert:

"$24,380,678" and "$24,380,678".

Page 105, line 4, after "A." insert "1."

Page 105, after line 7, insert:

"2. The Department of Education shall reduce the total number and type of required Standards of Learning assessments to the minimum requirements established by the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, P.L. 89-10, as amended, and the Board of Education shall take the appropriate action to concur with the federal regulation, pursuant to and contingent on the passage of House Bill 980."

Explanation

(This amendment saves $1.0 million each year from the general fund based on the estimated fiscal impact of House Bill 980 which requires the Department of Education to reduce the total number of SOL tests to the minimum number required from federal regulation.)

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