The Ways and Means Committee proposes the following Amendment No. 1 to H. 4894 (COUNCIL\DKA\4010SD12):

Reference is to the bill as introduced.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Section 12-6-1146 of the 1976 Code, as contained in SECTION 2, by striking items (2) and (3) of subsection (K), beginning on line 3, page 8, and inserting:

/      (2)(a)      By the first day of August of each year, beginning on August 1, 2012, the Education Oversight Committee, on its website available to the general public, shall provide a list with addresses and telephone numbers of nonprofit scholarship funding organizations in good standing which provide grants under this section, and a list of approved independent schools which accept grants for eligible students under this section and which in its determination are in compliance with the requirements of subsection (C)(1) of this section.
           (b)      Student test scores each year, by category, on national achievement or state standardized tests, or both, for all grades tested administered by an eligible school receiving or entitled to receive scholarship grants under this section must be transmitted to the Education Oversight Committee which in turn shall publish this information on its website with the most recent scores by category included.
     (3)            Any independent school not determined to be an eligible school under the provisions of this section may seek review by filing a request for a contested case hearing with the Administrative Law Court in accordance with the court's rules of procedure. /

Amend the bill further, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

/ SECTION __.      Public schools may offer the same tests referenced in Section 12-6-1146(C)(1)(d) of the 1976 Code as added by SECTION 2 of this act. /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.