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2026 Regular Session

HB1255

Schools; statewide system of student assessments; directing assessments to be administered to certain private school and homeschool students; effective date; emergency.

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 3, 2025 House committee reassignment February 5, 2025

Partner positions

Dislikes

HB 1255 expands state-mandated assessments beyond public schools to include private school and homeschool students, not to improve instruction, but to capture standardized, comparable student data across all education sectors. HB 1255 expands compulsory student testing to private and homeschool families in order to normalize statewide data collection aligned with workforce development goals, not to improve academic outcomes. The bill does not improve teaching, curriculum, or academic rigor—it expands data coverage. Erodes Educational Choice & Autonomy Feeds Longitudinal & Ranking Systems... This benefits rankings and compliance, not students. No Parental Consent or Opt-Out...Parents become data providers, not decision-makers.

Committee referrals

February 4, 2025 · House

Rules

Instrument history

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  1. House Referred to Common Education
  2. House Referred to Education Oversight
  3. House Withdrawn from Rules Committee
  4. House Second Reading referred to Rules
  5. House Authored by Representative Strom
  6. House First Reading
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