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      HOUSE BILL 09-1046
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Scanlan;
      also SENATOR(S) Penry, Bacon, Boyd, Foster, Gibbs, Groff, Heath,
      Hudak, Newell, Schwartz, Tapia, Williams.
      
      
      Concerning procedures to implement the postsecondary and
           workforce readiness assessments pilot program.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  22-7-1007 (2) and (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, are
      amended to read:
      
           22-7-1007.  Postsecondary and workforce readiness assessments
      pilot program - rules.  (2)  Each assessment vendor that chooses to
      participate in the pilot program shall provide to the department of education
      data concerning administration of the vendor's assessments in Colorado
      and in other states, including but not limited to test score unit records.  The
      department shall apply the data in preparing amendments to the state plan,
      as described in section 22-7-1012, and in adjusting the longitudinal growth
      model adopted pursuant to section 22-7-604.3 to ensure that the results of
      each assessment that is included in the pilot program can be used to
      measure individual student growth toward attaining postsecondary and
      workforce readiness.
      
           (3)  Each local education provider that chooses to participate in the
      pilot program shall:
      
           (a)  During the spring semester of Each academic year beginning in
      2009, administer a postsecondary and workforce planning assessment,
      selected by the local education provider from among the assessments
      provided by the participating vendors, to students enrolled in ninth grade. 
      A local education provider may also choose to administer the postsecondary
      and workforce planning assessment during the fall semester to students
      enrolled in eighth grade.
      
           (b)  During the spring semester of Each academic year beginning in
      2009, administer a postsecondary and workforce preparation assessment,
      selected by the local education provider from among the assessments
      provided by the participating vendors, to students enrolled in tenth grade;
      
           (c)  During the spring semester of Each academic year beginning in
      2009, administer a postsecondary and workforce readiness assessment,
      selected by the local education provider from among the assessments
      provided by the participating vendors, to students enrolled in eleventh
      grade;
      
           (d)  Develop and implement a process by which the local education
      provider will share the results received by each student on the
      postsecondary and workforce planning, preparation, and readiness
      assessments with the student and the student's parents as soon as possible
      following receipt of the results; and
      
           (e)  Annually on or before a date specified by rule of the state board,
      direct the vendor to provide to the department of education, on or
      before a date specified by rule of the state board, the results
      achieved by each student on the postsecondary and workforce planning,
      preparation, or readiness assessment and any other information pertaining
      to the operation of the pilot program that may be required by state board
      rule.
      
           SECTION 2.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
      ________________________________________________________
      Terrance D. Carroll                    Peter C. Groff
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Marilyn Eddins                          Karen Goldman
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO