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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 490
BY SENATOR NEVERS
CURRICULA. Provides that Career Diploma curriculum end-of-course exam questions
reflect course content and method of instruction. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:183.3(B)(3), relative to high school career options; to provide relative to2
certain examinations administered to students pursuing a career major curriculum3
and a career diploma; to require that construction of end-of-course examination4
questions reflect course content and method of instruction; and to provide for related5
matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:183.3(B)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง183.3. Career major; description; curriculum and graduation requirements9
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B.11
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(3) The questions included in any end-of-course examination13
administered to students pursuing a career major program and curriculum as14
provided in this Section, the passage of which is required for high school15
graduation, shall be constructed in a manner that reflects course design and16
content and the method of instruction employed for the course.17 SB NO. 490
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not2
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature3
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If4
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become5
effective on the day following such approval.6
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
Nevers (SB 490)
Proposed law requires that questions included in any end-of-course examination
administered to students pursuing a career major program and curriculum, the passage of
which is required for high school graduation, be constructed in a manner that reflects course
design and content and the method of instruction employed for the course.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:183.3(B)(3))