HLS 16RS-2026 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 977
BY REPRESENTATIVE EDMONDS
SCHOOLS/CHOICE: Provides relative to assessments administered to voucher recipients
at participating nonpublic schools
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:4023, relative to the Student Scholarships for Educational
3 Excellence Program; to allow for the administration of certain norm-referenced tests
4 to scholarship recipients at participating nonpublic schools; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 17:4023 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง4023. Testing
9 A participating nonpublic school shall ensure that scholarship recipients are
10 administered all examinations required pursuant to the school and district
11 accountability system at the prescribed grade levels or a nationally recognized,
12 norm-referenced test approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
13 Education and that the results of such examinations are provided to parents or legal
14 guardians.
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HB NO. 977
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HB 977 Original 2016 Regular Session Edmonds
Abstract: Allows for the administration of nationally recognized, norm-referenced tests to
voucher recipients at participating nonpublic schools.
Present law, relative to the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program,
requires that nonpublic schools participating in the program administer the exams required
as part of the school and district accountability system to each voucher recipient enrolled in
the school. Requires the nonpublic school to provide the results of such exams to the
student's parent.
Proposed law permits the nonpublic school to administer a nationally recognized, norm-
referenced test approved by the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education instead
of the state required exams. Otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 17:4023)
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