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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE BILL 1132 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Yarbro |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE BILL 1213 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Johnson |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB1213 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 002043 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, |
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| 14 | 14 | | relative to student assessments. |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-10-1403, is amended by deleting |
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| 18 | 18 | | subsection (e) and substituting: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (e) |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) A parent of a participating student: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) Shall ensure that the participating student is annually |
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| 22 | 22 | | administered all Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) |
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| 23 | 23 | | tests, or successor tests authorized by the state board of education, that |
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| 24 | 24 | | are administered to a public school student in the same grade or same |
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| 25 | 25 | | course subject as the participating student; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) In grade eleven (11) shall ensure that the student is |
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| 27 | 27 | | administered the examination that is administered to public school |
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| 28 | 28 | | students in grade (11) pursuant to § 49-6-6001(b)(1); and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (C) In any of the grades kindergarten through three (K-3) shall |
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| 30 | 30 | | ensure that the participating student is annually administered each of the |
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| 31 | 31 | | three (3) Tennessee universal reading screeners, or universal reading |
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| 32 | 32 | | screeners approved by the state board of education, as described in § 49- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1-905(c) during each of the three (3) administration windows established |
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| 34 | 34 | | by the department of education pursuant to § 49-1-905(c)(1). |
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| 37 | 37 | | - 2 - 002043 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) A participating student's results on the tests administered pursuant to |
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| 40 | 40 | | this subsection (e) must be reported to the parent of the student. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) Students with disabilities who would have participated in the alternate |
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| 42 | 42 | | assessments, as determined on the student's IEP, are exempt from the |
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| 43 | 43 | | requirements in this subsection (e). |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-2606(a)(1), is amended by |
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| 45 | 45 | | deleting the subdivision and substituting: |
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| 46 | 46 | | (1) As a condition of participating in the program: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (A) Participating students must be annually administered the Tennessee |
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| 48 | 48 | | comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests, or successor tests authorized |
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| 49 | 49 | | by the state board of education, that are administered to a public school student |
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| 50 | 50 | | in the same grade or same course subject as the participating student; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (B) Participating students in grade eleven (11) must be administered the |
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| 52 | 52 | | examination that is administered to public schools students in grade eleven (11) |
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| 53 | 53 | | pursuant to § 49-6-6001(b)(1); and |
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| 54 | 54 | | (C) Participating students in kindergarten through grade three (K-3) must |
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| 55 | 55 | | annually be administered each of the three (3) Tennessee universal reading |
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| 56 | 56 | | screeners, or universal reading screeners approved by the state board of |
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| 57 | 57 | | education, as described in § 49-1-905(c) during each of the three (3) |
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| 58 | 58 | | administration windows established by the department of education pursuant to § |
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| 59 | 59 | | 49-1-905(c)(1). |
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| 60 | 60 | | SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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