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Clerk of the Senate

   ADOPTION NO. _____

BILL NO: H.5126  (Reference is to Printer's Date 04/21/26-S.)

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 Senator OTT proposes the following amendment (AM ASSESSMENT PILOT):

 Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1A, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION- EIA, page 343, after line 8, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

/ (SDE-EIA: Assessment Pilot) Of the funds authorized and appropriated in this act, a school district located in Lexington County may expend funds to implement a pilot program to administer state-required assessments, other than English Language Arts, to students identified as English Language Learners in their native language. Such assessments include, but are not limited to, kindergarten readiness assessments and those administered pursuant to the state assessment program in Title 59, Chapter 18, excluding English Language Arts assessments. / 

 Renumber sections to conform.

 Amend sections, totals and title to conform.