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ACT No. 342
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 542
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHRODER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(a) and to enact R.S. 17:24.4(F)(2), relative to
3 standards-based assessments; to provide relative to requirements for contracts for
4 certain assessments; to provide for limitations with regard to the content of such
5 assessments; to provide for the responsibilities of the commissioner of administration
6 and the state chief procurement officer; to provide for time lines; to provide relative
7 to end-of-course assessments; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related
8 matters.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 17:24.4(F)(1)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
11 17:24.4(F)(2) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 ยง24.4. Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program; statewide standards for
13 required subjects; Louisiana Educational Assessment Program; parish or city
14 school board comprehensive pupil progression plans; waivers
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16 F.(1)(a) The Department of Education shall begin implementation of a
17 implement the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program with the approval of the
18 State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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20 (2) For assessments to be administered during the 2015 - 2016 school year:
21 (a) The department shall enter into a one-year contract, in accordance with
22 the Louisiana Procurement Code, for the assessments to be used in grades three
23 through eight in English language arts and mathematics.
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1 (b) Not more than forty-nine and nine-tenths percent of the questions
2 included in the selected assessments shall be based upon a blueprint or intellectual
3 property developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and
4 Careers consortium, or any other federally funded consortium of states.
5 (c) No question included in the selected assessments shall be based upon a
6 blueprint or intellectual property developed by a consortium of states predominantly
7 funded by organizations primarily dedicated to political advocacy.
8 (d) The commissioner of administration shall ensure that any contractor is
9 in full compliance with the provisions of this Paragraph.
10 (e) The commissioner of administration shall ensure that a copy of any
11 subcontract entered into by the selected contractor shall be submitted to the division
12 of administration within ten calendar days of finalization of the contract.
13 (f) The state chief procurement officer, in accordance with applicable state
14 law, shall make a final determination regarding the department's request for
15 proposals to solicit a vendor for the 2015-2016 assessments, not later than July 15,
16 2015, provided all requirements of the Louisiana Procurement Code have been met.
17 (g) The state chief procurement officer, in accordance with applicable state
18 law, shall make a final determination regarding the department's contract for the
19 2015-2016 assessments, not later than October 15, 2015, provided all requirements
20 of the Louisiana Procurement Code have been met.
21 (h) The questions included in the end-of-course assessments administered
22 in grades nine through eleven shall be developed using the same methodology
23 utilized for such assessments for the 2014-2015 school year.
24 (i) The provisions of this Paragraph shall become null and void on July 1,
25 2016.
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1 Section 2. This Act shall take effect and become operative if the Acts which
2 originated as House Bill No. 373 and as Senate Bill No. 43 of this 2015 Regular Session of
3 the Legislature are enacted and become effective.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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