HOUSE BILL ANALYSIS

                 SB  5178

Title:  An act relating to correcting references to the third grade standardized achievement test.

Brief Description:  Correcting references to the third grade standardized achievement test.

Sponsors:  Senators McAuliffe, Winsley and Rasmussen.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Meeting Date:  March 29, 1999.

Analysis Prepared by:  Susan Morrissey (786-7111).

Background:  In 1998, the Legislature passed House Bill 2849 which, among other things, changed the statewide norm-referenced standardized achievement test in the fourth grade to a third grade test.

Summary of Bill:  Two references to the fourth grade test are corrected to reflect the change from the fourth grade to the third grade.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.