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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, STACK, YUDICHAK AND FERLO, OCTOBER 10, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO EDUCATION, OCTOBER 10, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An |
2 | act relating to the public school system, including certain |
3 | provisions applicable as well to private and parochial |
4 | schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the |
5 | laws relating thereto," providing for assessments for |
6 | scholarship recipients. |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known |
10 | as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a |
11 | section to read: |
12 | Section 122. Assessments for Scholarship Recipients.--(a) |
13 | For each nonpublic school admitting scholarship recipients |
14 | receiving scholarships under a program established under this |
15 | act, a program established under Article XVII-F or Article XVII- |
16 | G.1 of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the "Tax |
17 | Reform Code of 1971," or a program established under any other |
18 | act of this Commonwealth, the following shall apply: |
19 | (1) (i) Each nonpublic school shall administer annually an |
20 | assessment or a nationally normed standardized achievement test |
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1 | in reading/language arts and mathematics to each scholarship |
2 | recipient attending the nonpublic school in grades three, five, |
3 | eight and eleven. |
4 | (ii) To comply with this clause, a nonpublic school may |
5 | either administer an assessment or administer a nationally |
6 | normed standardized achievement test chosen by the nonpublic |
7 | school from a list established under clause (2). |
8 | (2) The Department of Education shall establish a list of at |
9 | least eight nationally normed standardized achievement tests |
10 | from which the nonpublic school shall select a test to be |
11 | administered if the nonpublic school does not choose to |
12 | administer an assessment. |
13 | (3) Each nonpublic school shall: |
14 | (i) Release each scholarship recipient's individual results |
15 | on the assessment or nationally normed standardized achievement |
16 | test administered to scholarship recipients under clause (1) to |
17 | the parent of the scholarship recipient. |
18 | (ii) If the nonpublic school has a publicly accessible |
19 | Internet website, post on the Internet website the nonpublic |
20 | school's aggregate results on the assessment or nationally |
21 | normed standardized achievement test administered to scholarship |
22 | recipients under clause (1), provided that the nonpublic school |
23 | shall not post results that reveal the identity of any |
24 | individual student. |
25 | (4) The nonpublic school shall bear the cost of the testing |
26 | administered under this section and shall not impose an |
27 | assessment or testing fee on a scholarship recipient. |
28 | (5) The Department of Education may not require a nonpublic |
29 | school to provide individual or aggregate results of the testing |
30 | administered under this section other than as prescribed in |
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1 | clause (3). |
2 | (b) As used in this section, "assessment" shall mean the |
3 | Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test, the Keystone |
4 | Exam, an equivalent local assessment or another test established |
5 | by the State Board of Education to meet the requirements of |
6 | section 2603-B(d)(10)(i) of this act and required under the No |
7 | Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110, 115 Stat. |
8 | 1425) or its successor statute or any other test required to |
9 | achieve other standards established by the Department of |
10 | Education for the public school or school district under 22 Pa. |
11 | Code § 403.3 (relating to single accountability system). |
12 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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