Bill Text: NC H1971 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: No Standardized Testing Unless Req'd by Feds

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-26 - Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House [H1971 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2010-H1971-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 1971

 

 

Short Title:        No Standardized Testing Unless Req'd by Feds.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Holloway;  Cleveland, Faison, Gulley, Hilton, Moore, Setzer, Starnes, and Steen.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.

May 26, 2010

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to reduce spending by eliminating statewide standardized testing in the public schools, except as required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑174.11 reads as rewritten:

"§ 115C‑174.11.  Components of the testing program.

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(c)        Annual Testing Program.

(1)        The State Board of Education shall adopt a system of annual testingthe tests for grades three through 12.12 that are required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant. These tests shall be designed to measure progress toward reading, communication skills, and mathematics for grades three through eight, and toward competencies designated by the State Boardcompetencies for grades nine through 12. The State Board may develop and implement a plan for high school end‑of‑course tests that must be aligned with the content standards developed under G.S. 115C‑12(9c). Students who do not pass the tests adopted for eighth grade shall be provided remedial instruction in the ninth grade.

(2)        If the State Board of Education finds that additional testing in grades three through 12 is desirable to allow comparisons with national indicators of student achievement, that testing shall be conducted with the smallest size sample of students necessary to assure valid comparisons with other states.

(d)        The State Board of Education shall not require the public schools to administer any standardized tests except for those required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant.

The State Board of Education shall adopt and provide to local school administrative units all tests required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant."

SECTION 2.  The following end‑of‑course tests are hereby eliminated:

(1)        United States History.

(2)        Civics and Economics.

(3)        Algebra II.

(4)        Physical Science.

SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2010.