Flexibility in Assessments for Individuals Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter requirements regarding state assessments of whether students are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward academic achievement standards by allowing states to: (1) track AYP on a longitudinal basis; (2) permit disabled students and students for religious reasons to opt out of the assessments; (3) reschedule assessments for students who for specified reasons cannot attend scheduled assessments; and (4) count disabled students who graduate from secondary school within reasonable periods of time in favorable AYP graduation rates.
Includes students in the limited-English proficient subgroup for three school years after they attain English proficiency, when determining whether the subgroup has made AYP. Requires limited-English proficient students to be included in English proficiency assessments if they have attended U.S. schools for more than five consecutive years. (Currently, they are subject to such assessments after attending U.S. schools for three or more consecutive years.)
[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1711 Introduced in House (IH)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1711
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve
certain accountability and assessment provisions.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 27, 2007
Ms. Hooley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve
certain accountability and assessment provisions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Flexibility in Assessments for
Individuals Reform Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.
(a) Longitudinal Assessment of AYP.--Subparagraph (C) of section
1111(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)) is amended--
(1) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (vii), by striking the period at the end and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(viii) at the State's discretion,
measures the progress of public elementary
schools, secondary schools, and local
educational agencies by tracking the progress
of individual students or cohorts of students
on a longitudinal basis in lieu of, or in
addition to, comparing the proficiency of a
class of students with the proficiency of
earlier classes of students; and''.
(b) Participation in Assessments.--
(1) Opt-out for certain students.--Section 1111(b) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6311(b)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2)(C)(iv), by inserting ``subject
to subparagraph (L),'' before ``measures the
progress'';
(B) in paragraph (2)(I)(ii), by inserting ``, and
the 95 percent requirement described in this clause
shall exclude any student who, pursuant to subparagraph
(L), opts out of the assessments)'' after ``about an
individual student''; and
(C) at the end of paragraph (2), by adding the
following:
``(L) Opt-out for certain students.--At the request
of the parent of a student, a State may allow the
student to opt out of the assessments described in
paragraph (3) because the student is a child with a
disability (as that term is defined in section 602 of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) or
because of religious reasons.''.
(2) Flexibility in scheduling.--Paragraph (3) of section
1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 6311(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(E) Flexibility in scheduling.--The Secretary
shall give States the flexibility to reschedule the
assessments described in this paragraph in the case of
a student who cannot attend school at the time of the
assessments because of--
``(i) unusual weather or a natural
disaster;
``(ii) a cultural or religious event; or
``(iii) a medical condition.''.
(c) Graduation Rates.--Clause (vi) of section 1111(b)(2)(C) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6311(b)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting ``, except that, at the
discretion of the State, such graduation rates may include any child
with a disability (as that term is defined in section 602 of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) who satisfies such
alternative challenging academic content and achievement standards as
the State may establish, consistent with the child's individualized
education program (as that term is defined in section 602 of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), for the child to complete
secondary school in a reasonable period of time'' after ``in the
standard number of years''.
(d) Students With Limited English Proficiency.--Section 1111(b) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b))
is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) (as amended by
subsection (a) of this Act), by adding at the end the
following:
``(ix) continues to include students in the
subgroup described in clause (v)(II)(dd) for
three school years after such students attain
English proficiency.''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(C)(x), by striking ``for three or more
consecutive years'' and inserting ``for more than five
consecutive years''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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