HB4014 HFA Butler 2-25 #1

Webb 3336

Delegate Butler moved to amend the bill on page five, section five, line eighty-eight, after the word
“schools” and the quotation mark, by inserting the following:

            “to prescribe by law the duties of the state board of education in the general supervision of free public schools, to prescribe by law the powers and duties of the superintendent of education and to”;

            On page five, section five, line ninety-nine, after the word “standards” and the period by inserting a new subdivision as follows:

            “The Legislature hereby establishes an Academic Standards Evaluation Panel.  The Senate President shall appoint two subject matter experts, one in mathematics and one in English Language Arts, and the Speaker of the House shall appoint two subject matter experts, one in mathematics and one in English Language Arts. The Committee on Academic Standards shall:

(A) Using the West Virginia College – and – Career – Readiness Standards for English

Language Arts and Mathematics as a framework, review and revise the standards, including additions, deletions, and edits based upon empirical research and data to ensure grade-level alignment to the standards of states with a proven track record of consistent high-performing student achievement in English Language Arts on the National Assessment of Educational Progress and in Mathematics, on both the National Assessment of Educational Progress and Trends in Math and Science Study international Assessment.

(B) Remove Common Core strategies that require instructional methods.

(C) The Panel recommended revisions shall be completed by October 1, 2016.”

And

On, page five, section five, line ninety nine, after the word “standards” and the period by inserting a new subsection to read as follows:

            “The state board of education shall adopt and implement the standards in a manner that minimizes classroom interruptions on or before the 2017-2018 school year.”.

Adopted

Rejected