DOE - Test Development & Admin - Social Studies

Item 130 #1s

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Page 104, line 49, strike "$39,326,152" and insert "$39,626,152".
Page 104, line 49, strike "$39,326,152" and insert "$39,626,152".

Page 105, after line 12, insert:

"D. Out of this appropriation, $300,000 from the general fund each year is provided for a verified credit in high school in history and social science.   In establishing graduation requirements, the State Board of Education shall require students to earn one verified credit in history and social science. Such verified credit shall be earned only by (i) the successful completion of a Board-developed end-of-course Standards of Learning assessment; (ii) achievement of a passing score on a Board-approved standardized test administered on a statewide, multistate, or international basis that measures content that incorporates or exceeds the Standards of Learning content in the course for which the verified credit is given; or (iii) achievement of criteria for the receipt of a locally awarded verified credit from the local school board in accordance with criteria established in Board guidelines when the student has not passed a corresponding Standards of Learning assessment. Such end-of-course Standards of Learning assessment shall not be a performance-based assessment.".