No. HB 305
Filed under Education.
Statewide, Standardized Assessments; Requires DOE to develop versions of statewide, standardized assessments & specified portions of statewide, standardized coordinated screening & progress monitoring system, respectively, in certain languages by specified date; requires department to develop timetable & action plan for development & implementation of such assessments & written portions of system; requires department to establish criteria for use of such assessments & portions of system; authorizes parents to prohibit use of such assessments & portions of system in certain languages.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Department of Education must develop versions of statewide standardized assessments in the three most prevalent languages used by English language learners by the 2027-2028 school year.
The department must also make the written portions of the coordinated screening and progress monitoring system available in those same three languages by that date.
The department must establish specific criteria determining when it is appropriate to administer these assessments and system portions in a language other than English.
Parents of English language learners retain the right to prohibit their student from taking any assessment or system portion in a language other than English.
AIRequires the Department of Education to create versions of statewide standardized assessments in the three most prevalent languages for English language learners by the 2027-2028 school year.
AIGrants parents of English language learners the authority to prohibit their student from taking assessments or system components in a language other than English.
AIRequires the Department of Education to make all written portions of the coordinated screening and progress monitoring system available in the three most prevalent languages by the 2027-2028 school year.
AIRequires the Department of Education to establish specific criteria determining when it is appropriate to use assessments and system portions in a language other than English.
AIRequires the Department of Education to develop a timetable and action plan for implementing assessments and system portions in additional languages as feasible.