H1718B2399A05266 DMS:BTW 01/22/14 #90 A05266
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1718
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE O'NEILL
Printer's No. 2399
1Amend Bill, page 3, lines 21 and 22, by striking out "Within
2one year of the effective date of this section, the" and
3inserting
4 The
5Amend Bill, page 3, line 28, by striking out the colon after
6"shall" and inserting
7 adhere to the following implementation schedule:
8(1) From the date of establishment of the clearinghouse
9which shall be no later than the commencement of the 2015-
102016 school year and in each school year thereafter the
11clearinghouse shall offer online courses for all content
12areas assessed by a Keystone Exam, as well as online courses
13which provide supplementary instruction relating to a
14Keystone Exam, free of charge to school entities. In
15providing these online courses the department shall develop,
16cause to be developed or contract with a provider for online
17courses which meet the requirements in subsection (c)(2). The
18department may utilize any existing online courses it has
19already developed for content areas assessed by a Keystone
20Exam in meeting this requirement.
21(2) Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year and in each
22school year thereafter the clearinghouse shall offer those
23online courses from providers that have been approved under
24subsection (c) in addition to the courses required to be
25offered under paragraph (1). Online courses included in the
26clearinghouse from providers under this paragraph shall be
27subject to purchase under the provisions of subsection (f).
28(b) Responsibilities of the department.--The department
29shall:
30Amend Bill, page 4, line 1, by striking out "(b)" and
31inserting
32 (c) and which the department shall develop, cause to be
33developed or contract for
1Amend Bill, page 5, line 2, by striking out "(c)" and
2inserting
3 (d)
4Amend Bill, page 5, by inserting between lines 6 and 7
5(6) Explore the possibility for Federal and private
6funding to support the clearinghouse.
7Amend Bill, page 5, line 7, by striking out "(b)" and
8inserting
9 (c)
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12 2016-2017
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15 2017-2018
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18 (d)
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21 (c)(1)
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24 (c)(2)
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26inserting
27 (c)
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29inserting
30 (b)(1)
31Amend Bill, page 8, line 4, by striking out "(b)" and
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2 (c)
3Amend Bill, page 8, line 12, by striking out "(a)(1)" and
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5 (b)(1)
6Amend Bill, page 9, line 1, by striking out "(d)" and
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8 (e)
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11 (c)(2)
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14 (f)
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17 (g)
18Amend Bill, page 9, line 30, by striking out "(c)" and
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20 (d)
21Amend Bill, page 10, line 8, by striking out "2015-2016" and
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23 2016-2017
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26 2016-2017
27Amend Bill, page 10, line 12, by striking out "2017-2018" and
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29 2018-2019
30Amend Bill, page 10, line 14, by striking out "2018-2019" and
31inserting
1 2019-2020
2Amend Bill, page 10, by inserting between lines 19 and 20
3(1) Determine how instruction relating to an online
4course shall be delivered.
5Amend Bill, page 10, line 20, by striking out "(1)" and
6inserting
7 (2)
8Amend Bill, page 10, line 26, by striking out "(2)" and
9inserting
10 (3)
11Amend Bill, page 11, line 22, by striking out "2018" and
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13 2019
14Amend Bill, page 12, line 13, by striking out "2020" and
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16 2021