Senator SETZLER proposed the following amendment (WAB\419C254.SM.WAB20):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 18, page 26, Section 59-155-160(B), by adding an appropriately numbered item to read:

/ ( ) When a student is granted a waiver of retention because the child cannot read at grade level as the result of a parent appeal made pursuant to item (4), the academic performance of the student in fourth grade may not be a factor in the performance evaluation of his fourth grade teachers or any other accountability measures of the teachers./