A parents’ right to withdraw their children from exams may soon be enshrined in law. Senator Mike Dunleavy’s bill comes just a week before new computer-based standardized testing is set to begin.
Sen. Dunleavy(R-Wasilla): “It is crucial that the adopted standards and assessments, our state mandates, be selected through a process that directly involves the public and the legislature.”
Dunleavy wants school district to guarantee that students can be pulled out of tests or classes that parents find harmful.
Currently there is no legal penalty for withdrawing a student from a test, but the law also doesn’t protect that right.
The State Department of Education says they fear that tests may become invalid if too many children are withdrawn.
