Bill Text: CA AB176 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Standardized testing: valid identification.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 58, Statutes of 2011. [AB176 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB176-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 176	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  58
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 1, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 30, 2011
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 16, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 20, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lara

                        JANUARY 24, 2011

   An act to add Section 99155 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 176, Lara. Standardized testing: valid identification.
   Existing law imposes various requirements on a test sponsor or
test agency, as defined, with respect to the administration of
standardized tests for purposes of postsecondary education.
   Existing law provides that a test sponsor that intentionally
violates these provisions is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed
$750 for each violation.
   This bill would require a test sponsor to provide alternative
methods to verify a test subject's identity and to clearly post on
the test sponsor's Internet Web site contact information for test
subjects who cannot provide the required identification and need
further assistance. A violation of these requirements would subject a
test sponsor to the above civil penalty. The bill would allow a test
sponsor to require test subjects to obtain approval from the test
sponsor in advance of the registration test deadline in order to be
admitted to the test with an alternative form of identification.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 99155 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   99155.  (a) A test sponsor shall provide alternative methods to
verify the identity of those test subjects who are unable to provide
the required identification for purposes of admitting a test subject
to take a standardized test administered by the sponsor.
   (b) A test sponsor shall clearly post on the test sponsor's
Internet Web site contact information for test subjects who are
unable to provide the required identification and who need further
assistance.
   (c) Test sponsors may require test subjects to obtain approval
from the test sponsor in advance of the test registration deadline in
order to be admitted to the test with an alternative form of
identification.