College entrance exam-written component.

2018
STATE OF WYOMING
18LSO-0513
Numbered
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.
HB0165

College entrance exam-written component.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Freeman, Brown, Flitner and Northrup and Senator(s) Coe and Rothfuss

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to education; eliminating the requirement that all eleventh grade public school students take a college entrance examination containing a written component; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section
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W.S. 21
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202(a)(xxx) is amended to read:

21
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202
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Duties of the state superintendent.

(a)

In addition to any other duties assigned by law, the state superintendent shall:

(xxx)

Effective school year 2017
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2018 and each school year thereafter, in consultation and coordination with local school districts, by rule and regulation establish a program of administering a standardized college entrance examination and a career readiness examination selected by the state superintendent to all students in the eleventh and twelfth grades throughout the state in accordance with this paragraph. The examinations selected by the state superintendent shall be administered throughout the United States and shall be relied upon by institutions of higher education. The college entrance examination shall at a minimum test in the areas of English, reading
, writing
and mathematics for all students in grade eleven (11). The career readiness examination shall be optional for all students in grade eleven (11) or twelve (12). The state superintendent shall pay all costs associated with administering the college entrance examination and the career readiness examination and shall schedule a day or days during which examinations shall be provided. The date or dates for statewide administration of the college entrance examination in grade eleven (11) and
the career readiness examination shall be established by the state superintendent in a manner that best meets the needs of students and school districts. The state superintendent may enter into agreements with an administrator of the college entrance examination and the career readiness examination and adopt rules as necessary to ensure compliance with any requirements of an administrator, such as a secure environment. Alternate assessments and accommodations shall be offered by the state superintendent in accordance with rule and regulation;

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 201
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