Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, page 303, after line 31, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:
/ (SDE: Standards-Based Assessments Suspended) In Fiscal Year 2019-20, the provisions of Section 59-18-325(C)(3) requiring science standards-based assessments of students in grade eight and social studies standards-based assessments of students in grades five and seven are suspended. Funding for these assessments may be carried forward and used for assessment purposes by the State Department of Education. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend sections, totals and title to conform.