Amend the bill in section 3 in the last indented paragraph in the 4th and 5th lines (page 1, lines 40 and 41 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "and assessment beginning with the 2016-2017 school year"

Amend the bill in section 3 in the last indented paragraph in the next to the last line (page 2, line 2 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "in 2016" and inserting the following: 'for the Second Regular Session of the 127th Legislature'

SUMMARY

This amendment removes the requirement that the assessment of the Next Generation Science Standards for kindergarten to grade 12 must be implemented beginning with the 2016-2017 school year. The amendment also changes the language to clarify that the amendments to the Department of Education rules chapters must be provisionally adopted and submitted to the Legislature for legislative review during the Second Regular Session of the 127th Legislature.