House File 599: New Testing Mandate

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Last Updated: March 15, 2011

Sponsors:

House Education Committee

Summary:

This bill mandates that students take and pass a state-developed exam in order to graduate from high school, enter a state college, or get state financial aid. As currently worded, homeschoolers who did not take the exam could be forbidden from graduation, or entering a state college, or getting state financial aid. We are working on getting an amendment so the exit exam would apply only to public school students.

HSLDA's Position:

Action Requested:

Status:

03/09/2011 (House) Introduced, placed on calendar.
04/01/2011 (House) Referred back to Education

This bill did not exit the House before the session ended, and is now dead.