Amendment No. 973

Assembly Amendment to Senate Bill No. 104 First Reprint (BDR S-421)

Proposed by: Committee on Education

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend section 1, page 1, line 13, by deleting:

"September 1, 1999," and inserting:

"[September 1, 1999,] January 15, 2000,".

Amend section 1, page 2, line 15, by deleting:

"November 1, 1999," and inserting:

"[November 1, 1999,] January 15, 2000,".

Amend section 1, page 2, line 26, by deleting:

"July 31, 1999." and inserting:

"[July 31, 1999.] June 30, 2001.".

Amend section 1, page 3, line 6, by deleting "statewide," and inserting:

"statewide [,] in selected grades, kindergarten through eighth,".

Amend section 1, page 3, line 21, by deleting "statewide," and inserting:

"statewide [,] in selected grades, kindergarten through eighth,".

Amend section 1, page 3, line 32, after "5." by inserting:

"Commencing in the 2001-2002 school year, the high school proficiency examination that, pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 389.015, pupils must pass to receive a standard high school diploma must measure the performance of pupils on the standards of content and performance adopted by the state board of education pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 4. The high school proficiency examination that measures the performance of pupils on those standards must first be administered to pupils enrolled in grade 11 in the 2001-2002 school year, who must pass the examination before the completion of grade 12 to graduate with a standard high school diploma in the 2002-2003 school year. Pupils who graduate from high school in the 2001-2002 school year are not required to pass the examination that measures the performance of pupils on the standards adopted pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 4, but must pass the examination that is administered to pupils in the immediately preceding school year.

6.".

Amend section 1, page 4, line 1, by deleting "6." and inserting "[6.] 7.".

Amend section 1, page 4, line 23, by deleting "7." and inserting "[7.] 8.".

Amend section 1, page 4, line 28, by deleting "8." and inserting "[8.] 9."

Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

"AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions regarding the council to establish academic standards for public schools; delaying the prospective dates by which certain achievement and proficiency examinations used to measure the achievement of pupils in the standards of content and performance adopted by the state board of education must be administered in the public schools; prescribing the dates for the administration of a high school proficiency examination that measures the achievement of pupils in the standards of content and performance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.".

Amend the summary of the bill, first line, after "Revises" by inserting:

"provisions regarding council to establish academic standards for public schools and".