H. B. 3151

         (By Delegate Lane)

         [Introduced February 15, 2011; referred to the

         Committee on Education.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §18-2E-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring that national assessment of educational progress program tests be administered during the last week of the academic school year.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That §18-2E-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 2E. HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

§18-2E-2. National assessment of educational progress program testing.

    Beginning in the school year 1991, and continuing thereafter, national assessment of educational progress program tests shall be administered during the last week of the academic school year in academic areas at the various grades designated by the national assessment of educational progress officials to provide comparisons of West Virginia students to a national sample.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that national assessment of educational progress program tests be administered during the last week of the school year.

    Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.