Relating to testing and attendance requirements for private, parochial, and church schools

Increased minimum instructional hours from 800 to 900 per school year

Reinstated requirement for schools to provide composite test results to the State Superintendent of Schools upon request

Changed minimum attendance requirement from 180 days with 5 hours per day to 900 hours per school year

Added requirement that schools make composite test results available to prospective enrollees upon request

Modified reporting requirements for composite test results to state superintendent, now requiring schools or parent organizations to provide results upon request

Removed the penalty where schools lose compulsory attendance status if test results fall below the 40th percentile

Changed minimum instructional term from 180 days with 5 hours per day to a minimum of 900 hours per school year.

Eliminated the requirement that schools initiate remedial programs if test results fall below the 40th percentile and removed the threat of losing compulsory attendance status.

Added a requirement that school composite test results be made available to parents or legal guardians of prospective enrollees upon request.

Consolidated and clarified standardized testing requirements, maintaining the need for nationally normed tests while simplifying the language.

Updated the bill text to reflect the new 900-hour instructional requirement and removed references to the repealed §18-28-7.