HB 1130

An act to be known and cited as the "trauma-informed student assessment exemption act"; To recognize the adverse academic impact of grief, trauma and loss on students required to participate IN high-stakes testing; To authorize temporary exemptions from participation IN high-stakes assessments for students experiencing qualifying trauma-or-loss events; To ensure that such exemptions do not negatively affect student promotion, graduation eligibility, scholarship OR financial aid consideration OR access to advanced OR specialized academic programs; To exclude exempted students from state and federal accountability metrics during the exemption period and authorize the use of alternative measures of student progress; To establish procedures for requesting, reviewing, approving OR denying exemptions IN a manner that is timely, equitable, minimally burdensome and trauma-sensitive; To require written notice of exemption determinations and the safeguarding of student privacy; To prohibit the imposition of accountability penalties on schools OR districts for honoring approved exemptions; To require the state department of education to issue guidance and provide professional development on trauma-responsive assessment practices; To mandate annual reporting to the legislature on exemption usage and impact without disclosure of personally identifiable student information; And for related purposes.