Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes parents and legal guardians to opt their children out of a statewide school assessment.

Highlights:

• Authorizes a parent or guardian of a student in a public or charter school to opt his or her child out of a statewide assessment (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that a student who is at least 18 years old is authorized to opt himself or herself out of a statewide assessment (Sec. 1).

• Requires a parent or guardian seeking to opt his or her child out of an assessment to notify the school, in writing, at least 2 school days prior to the scheduled exam (Sec. 1).

• Requires a school to provide alternative educational activities to students who opt out of an assessment (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits a school from placing academic or disciplinary repercussions on the record of a student who opts out of an assessment (Sec. 1).

• Requires the Department of Education to maintain a data system to track students’ opt-out decisions (Sec. 1).

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