Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-494
EDU 494
Repeal PARCC
Messrs. Tarr, Hedlund and Ross moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-
“Section __. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), herein known as the department, shall expend no funds to develop or implement the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment, and no school district shall be required to implement or adopt the assessment.”