HB2529 S ED AM #1 3-30
Vestal 7820
The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill on page one, after the enacting clause, by inserting the following:
CHAPTER 18. EDUCATION.
ARTICLE 8. COMUPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
§18-8-12. Issuance of a diploma or other appropriate credential by public, private, or home school administrator.
A person who administers a
program of secondary education at a public, private or home school that meets
the requirements of this chapter may issue a diploma or other appropriate
credential to a person who has completed the program of secondary education. Such
diploma or credential is legally sufficient to demonstrate that the person
meets the definition of having a high school diploma or its equivalent. No
state agency or institution of higher learning in this state may reject or
otherwise treat a person differently solely on the grounds of the source of
such a diploma or credential. Nothing in this section prevents any agency or
institution of higher learning from inquiring into the substance or content of
the program to assess the content thereof for the purposes of determining
whether a person meets other specific requirements. Nothing in
this section prevents an institution, once a student has been fully admitted,
from administering placement tests or other assessments to determine the
appropriate placement of students into college-level course sequences or to
assess the content thereof for the purposes of determining whether a person
meets other requirements for a specific program.
CHAPTER 18B. HIGHER EDUCATION.
Adopted
Rejected