As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

H. B. No. 413

Representatives Stautberg, Brenner 

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A BILL

To prohibit the administration of the assessments

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developed by the Partnership for Assessment of

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Readiness for College and Careers for the

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2014-2015 school year, to prohibit the renewal of

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the state's memorandum of understanding with the

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Partnership, and to declare an emergency.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the	7
Revised Code or in any rule or directive of the State Board of	8
Education, Superintendent of Public Instruction, or Department of	9
Education, no school district or public or chartered nonpublic	10
school shall administer for the 2014-2015 school year any	11
assessments developed by the Partnership for Assessment of	12
Readiness for College and Careers. Instead, school districts and	13
schools shall administer for that school year assessments approved	14
for each applicable grade level and subject area pursuant to	15
Section 2 of this act.	16

Section 2. Not later than November 15, 2014, the Department	17
of Education shall develop recommendations for the assessments for	18
each grade level and subject area specified in divisions (A)(1)	19
and (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code to be	20
administered by school districts and public and chartered	21
nonpublic schools, as applicable, for the 2014-2015 school year.	22
The Department shall submit the recommendations to the General	23
Assembly in accordance with section 101.68 of the Revised Code and	24
shall present the recommendations to the standing committees of	25
the House of Representatives and the Senate that consider	26
education legislation at a public hearing. After the	27
recommendations of the Department are presented to those	28
committees, the recommendations shall be considered for approval	29
by the Controlling Board. No assessment recommended by the	30
Department shall be administered unless it is approved by the	31
Controlling Board.	32

Section 3.  The State Board of Education, Superintendent of	33
Public Instruction, and Department of Education shall not take any	34
steps for the renewal of the state's memorandum of understanding	35
with the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and	36
Careers, which was entered into in June 2010, when the term of	37
that memorandum expires at the end of calendar year 2015.	38

Section 4. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency	39
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public	40
peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is to	41
provide timely approval of state achievement assessments that are	42
not developed by a multi-state consortium so that they may be	43
administered for the 2014-2015 school year. Therefore, this act	44
shall go into immediate effect.	45