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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 91 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Haston |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0091 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 001112 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, |
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| 14 | 13 | | relative to assessments. |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. The Tennessee department of education shall, no later than January 1, |
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| 18 | 17 | | 2026, submit a request to the United States department of education to amend this state's |
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| 19 | 18 | | Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan to remove all end-of-course assessment |
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| 20 | 19 | | requirements for students in grades nine through twelve (9-12) and to allow the ACT, SAT, or |
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| 21 | 20 | | another postsecondary readiness assessment approved by the commissioner of education for |
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| 22 | 21 | | purposes of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-6001(b), to be annually administered to |
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| 23 | 22 | | students in grades nine through twelve (9-12) and for student performance on such |
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| 24 | 23 | | assessments to be used for student, school, and district accountability purposes. |
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| 25 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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