HP0361
LD 537
Session - 127th Maine Legislature
 
LR 1239
Item 1
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

An Act To Prohibit Standardized Testing of Children before the Third Grade

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6202,  as amended by PL 2009, c. 154, §3 and c. 313, §20, is further amended by adding after the first paragraph a new paragraph to read:

The commissioner may not establish a statewide assessment program to measure and evaluate on a continuing basis the academic achievements of students in prekindergarten to grade 2.

summary

This bill prohibits the Commissioner of Education from establishing a statewide assessment program to measure and evaluate on a continuing basis the academic achievements of students in prekindergarten to grade 2.


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