Test refusal bill passes key Georgia Senate committee
Legislation that clarifies Georgia parents’ rights to refuse standardized state tests for their children passed the state Senate Education and Youth Committee 4-1 Monday.
House Bill 425 has already passed the House of Representatives but still must get through the full Senate.
The legislation by Rep. Joyce Chandler, R-Grayson, says schools cannot punish students who refuse the test and says they can choose to take tests with paper and pencil rather than on a computer.
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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
