HB2529 HFAT Ellington 4-6

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Delegate Ellington moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill No. 2529 -- A BILL to amend and reenact §18-8-12 and §18B-1-1e of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; all relating to nondiscrimination in the higher education admissions process; allowing an institution, once a student has been fully admitted, to administer placement tests or other assessments for certain purposes; prohibiting state institutions of higher education from discriminating against graduates of private, nonpublic, or home schools by requiring them to submit to alternative testing as a precondition for acceptance into the institution of higher education; and prohibiting institutions of higher education from rejecting a person with appropriate diploma or credentialing for admission to an institution of higher education solely because their secondary education was not accredited by the state Board of Education or agency the board approves.

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