H.B. No. 0155

Student assessment-amendments.

 

Sponsored By:     Representative(s) Lubnau, Harshman and Teeters and Senator(s) Coe

 

AN ACT relating to student assessment; modifying statewide student assessment requirements; specifying assessment components and incorporating statewide criteria ensuring uniform measurement; delegating assessment responsibilities and granting rulemaking authority; expanding district authority in establishing local assessment systems; specifying implementation and requiring reporting; providing an appropriation; and providing for effective dates.

 

1/14/2011      Bill Number Assigned

1/17/2011      H Received for Introduction

1/18/2011      H Introduced and Referred to H04

1/27/2011      H04 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Brechtel, Burkhart, Connolly, Freeman, Kroeker, Krone, Loucks, Madden and Teeters

Ayes 9    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/27/2011      H Placed on General File

1/27/2011      H Rereferred to H02

1/31/2011      H02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Berger, Edmonds, Esquibel, K., Harshman, Pedersen, Steward and Wallis

Ayes 7    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/31/2011      H Placed on General File

 

HB0155HS001/ADOPTED  (CORRECTED COPY)

Page 1-line 5           After ";" insert "expanding district authority in establishing local assessment systems;".

Page 1-line 11          After "21‑2‑304(a)" insert "(iv)(intro) and".

Page 2-After line 23 insert:

"(iv)  Establish, in consultation with local school districts, requirements for students to earn a high school diploma as measured by each district's body of evidence assessment system prescribed by rule and regulation of the state board or other system of local assessments established by the district and required under W.S. 21‑3‑110(a)(xxiv). A high school diploma shall provide for one (1) of the following endorsements which shall be stated on the transcript of each student:".

Page 3-line 5           Delete "," insert "and"; delete "and writing".

Page 5-line 4           After "system" insert "or other system of local assessments as established by the district,".

Page 5-line 12          After "," delete balance of line.

Page 5-line 13          Delete "designed to measure" insert "a measurement of".  TEETERS, CHAIRMAN

 

HB0155HS002/ADOPTED

Page 1-line 6           After ";" insert "providing an appropriation;".

Page 6-After line 7 insert and renumber:

"Section 3.  For the period beginning upon the effective date of this section and ending June 30, 2012, up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) is appropriated from the school foundation program account to the department of education as necessary to carry out this act.  This appropriation shall not be included in the department's 2013‑2014 standard biennial budget request.".

Page 6-line 15          Delete "section 2" insert "sections 2 and 3"; delete "is" insert "are".  BERGER, CHAIRMAN

 

HB0155HW001/ADOPTED

Page 1-line 11          In the Standing Committee Amendment (HB0155HS001/AC) to this line, before "and" insert ", (vi)(B)".

Page 3-Before line 1 insert:

(vi)  Effective school year 2005-2006 and each school year thereafter, through the state superintendent and in consultation and coordination with local school districts, by rule and regulation establish a statewide accountability system providing annual accountability determinations for all schools and school districts imposing a range of educational consequences resulting from accountability determinations whereby:

(B)  Annual accountability determinations within the system are made for each school based upon adequate yearly progress measures defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, as may be subsequently amended, and the school's progress in improving student achievement as measured by adequate yearly progress data and by data from the district's body of evidence assessment system, or by data from another system of local assessments established by the district,  required under W.S. 21‑3‑110(a)(xxiv) and from other related sources which improve the reliability of accountability determinations as prescribed by rule and regulation of the board;".  JAGGI

 

2/1/2011       H Passed CoW

2/2/2011       H Passed 2nd Reading

2/3/2011       H Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Botten, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Burkhart, Campbell, Cannady, Childers, Connolly, Craft, Davison, Edmonds, Eklund, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Gay, Gingery, Goggles, Greear, Greene, Harshman, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kroeker, Krone, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Patton, Peasley, Pederson, Petersen, Petroff, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Shepperson, Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Vranish, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays:  Representative(s) Byrd and Harvey

Excused:  Representative(s) Lockhart

Ayes 57    Nays 2    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/4/2011       S Received for Introduction

2/4/2011       S Introduced and Referred to S04

2/16/2011      S04 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Barnard, Coe, Jennings, Landen and Rothfuss

Ayes 5    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/16/2011      S Placed on General File; Did Not Consider in CoW