SB1418

In the end-of-course substitution provision, the commissioner determines how satisfactory performance on qualifying alternative tests can satisfy the requirement for an equivalent course. SB1418 changes ACT-Plan to PreACT and removes the separate SAT Subject Test entry while retaining the other listed tests and qualifying nationally recognized assessments. Under the amended text, a student who does not perform satisfactorily on the PSAT or PreACT must take the appropriate end-of-course assessment; other authorized alternatives retain the stated retake-or-end-of-course choice. Merely taking a college-preparation test is not an automatic exemption. Final law, section 1; Prior substitution framework.

The act also replaces ACT-Plan with PreACT in the college-preparation-test exceptions to the then-existing limit of two district-required benchmark tests for a corresponding state test. It updates the college-readiness test references used among the criteria for academic-distinction designations for districts and campuses. It does not, by these amendments, change that benchmark limit or guarantee a distinction to a school. Final law, sections 2–3; Benchmark rule at enactment; Prior distinction criteria.

The introduced bill changed ACT-Plan references to PreACT. The Senate substitute additionally deleted the express SAT Subject Test reference and shortened the other test names in the distinction criteria. Those changes survived unchanged in the Senate-passed, House committee and enrolled operative texts. No floor amendments are listed. Introduced; Senate substitute; Senate-passed; House committee; Final law; Version index; Amendment index.

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The update aligns the named assessment options across the affected provisions. Schools and students still need the applicable commissioner rules and performance standards; the bill provides no new test-fee subsidy, guaranteed graduation or automatic college credit. This explanation covers SB1418 as enacted, not every later change to the school-testing system. Final law.

The May 7 engrossed fiscal note anticipates no fiscal implication for the state or local governments. The April 9 introduced and April 15 substitute notes reach the same conclusion. They do not quantify student savings or learning gains, and the act makes no appropriation. Engrossed fiscal note; Introduced fiscal note; Substitute fiscal note.