Bill Title: As enacted, requires commissioner to establish dates for the administration of assessments required for graduation that provide the maximum number of instructional days possible prior to testing while maintaining compliance with federal law; requires the commissioner to establish yearly dates for the administration of the grades three through eight achievement tests that provide the maximum number of instructional days possible prior to testing while maintaining compliance with federal law; establishes August 1 as the earliest date for starting the school year, beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, unless an LEA's board of education establishes a year-round school year by majority vote.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-06-30 - Pub. Ch. 448 [HB1393 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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