Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 2 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1592

BY: Representative Miles

AMEND after line 709 by inserting the following as a new section:

     "SECTION 47.  The money appropriated in this act shall not be paid by the State Treasury for expenditure by the State Board of Education for the purpose of funding K-12 and other related educational activities until such time that the State Board of Education removes the requirement that students enrolled in Mississippi public schools must pass all end-of-course tests administered under the Subject Area Testing Program as a requirement for graduation.  The State Board of Education shall adopt a policy requiring the administration of those end-of-course tests mandated under the federal requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act and Title I.  However, the policy must provide that a student who fails to achieve a passing score on an end-of-course test may not be prohibited from graduating from high school if the student has fulfilled the requirements for a standard Mississippi high school diploma, as demonstrated by having achieved the requisite number of academic credits or Carnegie units and successful mastery of each course of instruction with a satisfactory grade."

AMEND further by renumbering the succeeding section accordingly.

AMEND further the title to conform.