Who can make sense of “optout” legislation in Wisconsin?
Below you will find the specific, exact, word for word language from Wisconsin state legislator Jeremy Thiesfeldt’s opt out amendment. Please read the excerpted passages below and feel free to read the legislation in its entirety.
Once you’ve completed your reading, please conduct a thorough analysis of the language and then use the comment box to explain just what the hell is actually being proposed. I will also attempt to interpret towards the bottom of the blog.
Upon the request ofa pupil’sthe parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in any grade from 3 to 12, the school board shall excuse the pupil from takinganany examination required under state or federal law…No school board, school district administrator, principal of a public school… may encourage or counsel a parent or guardian to make a [opt out] request to excuse a pupil from taking an examination.
Ok. Here’s my take. If there is a state or federally mandated test offered in grades 3-12, a student does not have to take any of those tests only if “the parent or guardian” asks permission from the local school board. However, if a parent or guardian asks a school board member, school administrator, or school principal how to opt out of state and federally Who can make sense of "optout" legislation in Wisconsin? | BustED Pencils:
