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                               STATE OF WYOMING
                               HOUSE BILL NO. HB0176
     K-12 education standards and assessments.
     Sponsored by: Representative(s) Harshman, Allred, Brown and Provenza and Senator(s) Anderson, Barlow,
                    Cooper, Landen, Nethercott,     Schuler and Scott
                                       A BILL
                                        for
 AN ACT relating to education; modifying the duties of the
 state board of education; limiting the number of content
 and performance standards adopted by the state board of
 education as    specified;   modifying the duties of   local
 boards of        trustees;   authorizing the use of    course
 completion to demonstrate student performance as specified;
 requiring reports;    specifying application;   and providing
 for an effective date.
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 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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        Section 1.       W.S. 21-2-304 by creating a new subsection
 (f) and 21-3-110(a)(xxiv) are amended to read:
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        21-2-304.       Duties of the state board of education.
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        (f)     The uniform student content and performance
 standards for the common core of knowledge and the common
 core of    skills promulgated by    the state board under
 paragraph      (a)(iii)         of this section shall be    limited as
 follows:
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                (i)    For grades kindergarten through six (6), not
 more than four    (4) content standards for one (1) grade
 level shall be    adopted for each content area for
 reading/language arts, science and mathematics and for the
 remaining common core of   knowledge specified under   W.S.
 21-9-101(b)(i),         not more than one   (1)   content standard
 shall be adopted for each grade or grade band for each
 content area;
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                (ii)    For grades seven (7) through twelve (12),
 not more than eight (8) content standards shall be adopted
 for each grade or     grade band for each content area
 specified under W.S. 21-9-101(b)(i);
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              (iii)    For purposes of    subsection        (c)      of this
 section,     "grade band"      means at      minimum two    (2)       grade
 levels.
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        21-3-110.      Duties of boards of trustees.
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        (a)   The board of   trustees in    each school district
 shall:
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              (xxiv)      Adopt      a student assessment system to
 measure student performance relative to the uniform student
 content and performance standards in all content areas for
 which the state board has promulgated standards pursuant to
 W.S.    21-2-304(a)(iii).           To the extent required by   W.S.
 21-2-204     and     21-2-304(a)(vi),                the district assessment
 system shall be integrated with the statewide assessment
 system and the statewide accountability system.                             Components
 of the district assessment system required by      this
 paragraph shall be    designed and used to     determine the
 various levels of student performance in all content areas
 of the uniform student content and performance standards
 relative to    the common core of      knowledge and skills
 prescribed under W.S. 21-9-101(b).                         Except as required by
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 W.S. 21-2-204 and 21-2-304(a)(vi), the district assessment
 system may utilize course completion to measure student
 performance. The district shall report to the state board
 in accordance with W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iv) on its assessment
 system adopted under this paragraph;
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        Section 2.     Not later than August 1, 2023, the state
 superintendent of public instruction and the state board of
 education,    in consultation with school districts,         shall
 report recommendations and plans to streamline, integrate,
 shorten and minimize student education assessments to
 assess only those subjects and grades required by federal
 law,   including but not limited to   statewide assessments
 administered pursuant to W.S. 21-3-304(a)(vi), (v) and (vi)
 and district assessments administered pursuant to    W.S.
 21-3-110(a)(xv),       (xxiv)       and      (xxxiv).       The report shall
 include   a recommendation to    request      a waiver to     use   a
 standardized college entrance examination and    a career
 readiness examination administered pursuant to     W.S.
 21-2-202(a)(xxx),       to satisfy federal student education
 assessment and accountability requirements.
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        Section     3.    The state board of    education shall
 incorporate the limitations of   the content standards
 contained in W.S. 21-2-304(f), as created by this act, in
 accordance with the schedule identified under      W.S.
 21-2-304(c).
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        Section     4.    This act is   effective immediately upon
 completion of all acts nec-essary for a bill to become law
 as provided by    Article      4,    Section    8     of the Wyoming
 Constitution.
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                                       (END)
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 21-2-304, 21-3-110