Amendment #1287 to H3800

JFY Networks: College and Career Readiness

Mr. Hunt of Boston moves to amend the bill in section 2, line item 7061-9406, by striking out

“ For a statewide college and career readiness program implemented by JFYNetworks, A Nonprofit Corporation, to reduce the number of remedial developmental courses students are required to take at community colleges; provided, that JFYNetworks, A Nonprofit Corporation, shall (a) maintain the JFYNet college and career readiness program to administer the ACCUPLACER diagnostic and college placement tests in high schools; (b) provide individualized online instructional curricula to strengthen the skills measured by the tests; and (c) administer final ACCUPLACER placement tests to measure student progress and program outcomes; provided further, that passing scores shall be reported to community colleges ensuring student placement in credit earning courses; provided further, that JFYNetworks, A Nonprofit Corporation, shall coordinate with the 15 community colleges to identify not more than 5 high schools per community college that shall send students to the program; and provided further, that JFYNetworks, A Nonprofit Corporation, shall receive not less than the amount appropriated in line item 7061-9404 of section 2 of chapter 139 of the acts of 2012 for the purposes of providing academic support for students who have not yet earned a competency determination on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System examination"

and inserting in place thereof the following;

“For a statewide college and career readiness program implemented by JFYNetworks, a Nonprofit Corporation, to (a) maintain the JFYNet college and career readiness program to administer diagnostic and college placement tests in high schools; and (b) provide individualized online instructional curricula to strengthen the skills measured by the tests; provided further, that JFYNetworks, shall allocate not less than fifty percent of the amount appropriated herein for the purposes of providing academic support to prepare students to demonstrate high school competency on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System 2.0 examination”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #1287 to H3800

JFY Networks: College and Career Readiness